ELON MUSK NAMED 2021 PERSON OF THE YEAR BY TIME MAGAZINE

Time Magazine named Tesla founder and space entrepreneur Elon Musk as its “Person of the Year” on Monday, capping a roller-coaster 2021 for the technology magnate. This win is determined by the person who had the most influence in the the last 12 months according to the magazine.

The South African born entrepreneur overtook space race rival and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person this year. Elon Musk has had an amazing year in October his electric car company’s valuation scored above $1trillion when a car rental company Hertz said it planned to buy 100,000 Teslas for its customers. Throughout the year his company SpaceX has teamed up with US space agency Nasa to launch various missions including smashing a rocket into an asteroid in a test run for redirecting any future bound space work.

In May, Musk hosted Saturday Night Live, using the television show as a platform to poke fun at himself and to raise awareness of Asperger syndrome, a mild form of autism, by announcing that he has it. Musk is also known for his massive twitter presence as well as his influence on the stock market. He has used twitter as a platform to help move cryptocurrencies more into the mainstream.

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk moved to the US to attend Stanford University as a PhD candidate, but dropped out. He co-founded internet mapping service Zip2 and e-payment company PayPal, which were then sold to Compaq and eBay, respectively.