Elon Musk (edición en español) (Spanish Edition)

From the author of Steve Jobs and other international bestselling biographies, this is an intimate account of the world's most innovative and controversial figure, a visionary who has transformed industries including electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence—and who also purchased Twitter. Musk experienced bullying as a child in South Africa, including a severe incident where he was pushed down concrete stairs and beaten. He spent a week in the hospital, but the emotional scars from his father—a charismatic, imaginative engineer—proved more lasting. Upon returning home, his father berated him for an hour, calling him an idiot and worthless. This paternal impact shaped Musk into a strong yet vulnerable adult prone to mood swings, high risk tolerance, a need for drama, an epic sense of mission, and an intense, sometimes cruel and destructive drive. In early 2022, after launching thirty-one SpaceX satellites, selling a million Tesla vehicles, and becoming the world's richest person, Musk acknowledged his impulse toward drama, stating he needed to change his thinking to stop operating in crisis mode. Yet he was simultaneously acquiring Twitter shares in secret—a platform that, for him, represented the schoolyard where he once suffered. For two years, Isaacson shadowed Musk, attending meetings, touring factories, and conducting extensive interviews with Musk, his family, friends, colleagues, and adversaries. The result explores whether the demons driving Musk are also necessary for innovation and progress.