Tesla CEO Elon Musk was named “Person of the Year” by Time magazine for 2021, a year that will see his electric car company become the most valuable car maker in the world. The world and his rocket company have reached the ends of the universe with the common people. crew.
Musk is also the founder and CEO of SpaceX, and leads brain chip startup Neuralink and infrastructure company The Boring Company. Tesla’s market value has skyrocketed to more than $1 trillion (about Rs 75.8705 trillion) this year, making it worth more than Ford Motor and General Motors combined.
Tesla produces hundreds of thousands of cars a year and has managed to avert supply chain problems better than many of its rivals, while pushing more young consumers to switch to electric cars and other devices. Legacy automakers shift focus to EVs.
“To create solutions to an existential crisis, to showcase the possibilities and dangers of the age of tech giants, to drive the boldest and most disruptive transformations of society.” society, Elon Musk is TIME’s Person of the Year 2021,” said the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Edward Felsenthal.
“Even Elon Musk’s space travel adventures are a direct line from First Person of the Year, Charles Lindbergh, whom the editors selected in 1927 to celebrate the first solo flight. in his transatlantic history.”
From hosting Saturday Night Live to dropping tweets about crypto and stock memes that triggered massive fluctuations in their value, Musk has dominated headlines and amassed more than 66 million followers. follow on Twitter.
Some of his tweets have also attracted regulatory scrutiny in the past. According to the magazine, “Person of the Year” denotes someone “who has influenced the news or our lives the most, for better or for worse.” Time magazine named teen pop singer Olivia Rodrigo “Entertainer of the Year”, American gymnast Simone Biles “Athlete of the Year” and vaccine scientists were named “Athlete of the Year” by Time magazine. honored as “Hero of the Year”. Last year, US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly awarded the title of “Person of the Year”. Time began this tradition in 1927. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has also received this title in the past.
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