Elon Musk (biography) by Ashlee Vance - Always interesting to find out how mutants like Elon get made. All about how some middle class kid from South Africa became the king of silicon valley, possibly the greatest living engineer (even though he only did 2 years of Engineering school),and created some of the most groundbreaking businesses in the world (Paypal, Tesla motors, SpaceX, Solar City, etc.).
Reading about how he used to sleep a few hours per night curled up like a dog on a bean bag chair next to his desk, is particularly humbling.
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