South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal， SpaceX， Tesla， and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space， to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior. The personal tale of Musk’s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great， drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school， and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions， and the violence of apartheid South Africa， Musk still thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania， where he paid his own way through school by turning his house into a club and throwing massive parties. He started a pair of huge dot-com successes， including PayPal， which eBay acquired for $1.5 billion in 2002. Musk was forced out as CEO and so began his lost years in which he decided to go it alone and baffled friends by investing his fortune in rockets and electric cars. Meanwhile Musk’s marriage disintegrated as his technological obsessions took over his life ... Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future， and for the past twelve months， he has been shadowed by tech reporter， Ashlee Vance. Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping our Future is an important， exciting and intelligent account of the real-life Iron Man.

　　他是风格独具的梦想家、创业家与工业家，也是眼光独到、一再开创新商业模式的企业家。从PayPal，到特斯拉、Space X、太阳城，他的创业历程中遭遇了无数棘手的事件，但是每一次突破都令全球惊艳。无论钟情于什么领域，他都可以展现出惊人的专注力。44岁的马斯克已经涉足颠覆互联网、金融、汽车、航空以及能源业。他近乎疯狂的对科技的专注，使他成为目前成功的连续创业者和科技创业家。
　　在将近4年的时间里，资深科技记者阿什利·万斯与马斯克超过40个小时的深度对话，记录了他从粗放贫瘠的南非到国际商业世界的不凡之旅。作者首次深入特斯拉、Space X等公司，亲密接触了马斯克的伙伴、员工、家人、朋友超过300人，真实地讲述了马斯克在创立、运营他那些足够改变世界的公司（包括PayPal，特斯拉，Space X和太阳城）时发生的惊人故事。同时也揭示了企业家和创业者如何专注于创业本身，同时管理多领域公司所需要的能力、方法和经验，以及如何在与许多竞争对手交手时不断推进企业创新的步伐。
　　作者用荡气回肠的写作，细腻地描绘出真实的马斯克，他独特的性格、永不知足的企图心，以及在遭遇事业、婚姻和情感困境时茁壮成长的能力。
　　埃隆·马斯克的人生经历，和无数改变世界的伟大实业家的经历一样，是那种可以被千百次地写进小说、搬上银幕后，每一次重看都依然激动人心的，属于全人类的传奇故事。