Houston, we have our man of the year! Our 2021 man of the year is none other than the visionary Elon Musk!
This year, the HFR team worked diligently at narrowing down our choices for the Man of the Year and narrowed down the list to several remarkable men, who were each deserving of holding the title in different ways. Elon Musk, however, almost needs no introduction.
As the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020, Musk was getting us closer to outer space, and working diligently towards making the earth we inhabit a cleaner, more balanced place.
Currently, Musk is the founder, CEO, CTO, and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. A centibillionaire, Musk is one of the richest people in the world.
Starship to the moon pic.twitter.com/tVMJbBk3BU
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 25, 2021
Each of his companies has a mission to change our world for the better- Elon Musk is a visionary in every sense of the word, and truly believes in every business venture he puts his mind to and isn’t afraid to face obstacles others might find impossible to overcome. The projects he’s been involved in tackle almost every major industry and global problem, from automotive to telecommunications, to energy.
HFR founder Samir Becic says “Elon Musk is a visionary who can bring humanity to the next stage of our evolution. I have been interested in space exploration since I was a child reading Arthur Clarke and watching Star Trek, and I agree with Stephen Hawking when he claims that humanity’s only chance for long-term survival is to colonize different planets.”
An admirable quality of Musk that has undoubtedly contributed to his success is his willingness to try things, and fail at them. Musk’s ethos is: “Failure is an option here. If things are not failing you are not innovating.”
SN10 is in Valhalla nowhttps://t.co/dHy4tDVGnI
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 5, 2021
And Musk has often demonstrated how he continually reviews and adapts his strategies. Take trying to land a rocket on a drone-ship in outer space, for example. SpaceX has spent years trying, failing, and learning from their failures in their mission to “send people to Mars by 2024.” This week, however, they did successfully launch and land the Starship rocket prototype, an important milestone for space exploration.
Musk is a big advocate of the power of truthful feedback for improving himself, his teams, his companies. He’s said “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.”
