TY - BOOK AU - Isaacson, Walter TI - Elon Musk SN - 9781398527492 U1 - Biography ISA-W PY - 2023/// CY - India PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Biography KW - Businessmen Biography KW - Businesspeople KW - Businesspeople South Africa Biography KW - Businesspeople United States Biography KW - Engineers Biography KW - Inventors Biography KW - Musk, Elon 1971- KW - Musk, Elon - Twitter N1 - When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies ... But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist. His father's impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child, prone to abrupt Jekyll-and-Hyde mood swings, with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive ... For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries. The result is the revealing inside story, filled with ... tales of triumphs and turmoil, that addresses the question: are the demons that drive Musk also what it takes to drive innovation and progress? ER -