+- Scivillage.com Casual Discussion Science Forum (https://www.scivillage.com)
+-- Forum: Culture (https://www.scivillage.com/forum-49.html)
+--- Forum: Do-It-Yourself (https://www.scivillage.com/forum-131.html)
+--- Thread: Today is Elon's 55th Birthday (/thread-20753.html)
Today is Elon's 55th Birthday - Yazata - Jun 29, 2026
Today is Elon's 55th birthday.
In those 55 years, he has only:
• Founded or co-founded 7 multi-billion- or trillion-dollar companies
• Made EVs mainstream
• Pioneered reusable rockets, reducing the cost of access to space
• Created 600,000 jobs (direct+supply-chain)
• Paid out more than $100B in salaries
• Restored astronaut launches to American soil
• Built a global satellite internet constellation used by millions and that connects schools in remote areas, hospitals in isolated regions, supports emergency responders after natural disasters, and more
• Created trillions of dollars in wealth for his company's shareholders & employees
• Enabled paralyzed/disabled people to control computers using thought, bringing more independence
• Created the most productive automotive factory in the U.S. (Tesla's Fremont factory)
• Created the Model Y, which become the #1 bestselling car in the world (first EV to do so)
• Created the first private company to dock with the International Space Station and send astronauts to orbit
• Became NASA's primary commercial launch provider
• Developed the first point-to-point self-driving system (FSD), improving road safety
• Built some of the world's largest and most advanced factories
• Built the world's largest fast-charging network for EVs
• Built one of the world's largest AI supercomputers
• Built operational underground transportation tunnels under Las Vegas
• Helped build what became PayPal and transformed online payments
• Done more than any single individual to accelerate the advent of sustainable energy
• Became the world's greatest entrepreneur
Maybe one day Elon will actually accomplish something!
Happy Birthday!Copied from Sawyer Merritt on X
https://x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2071343523698479152
I should probably add to Sawyer's list...
• Developing a revolutionary class of giant spaceships to carry humanity to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
• Building the Starshield satellite network for the Space Force
• Developing the Optimus humanoid robot
• Developing a solar-powered space-based AI network with the intention of solving the most fundamental questions of physical reality
• Plans to return computer-chip manufacturing to America with a giant chip fab able to produce more of the most advanced chips than the rest of the world combined, by an order of magnitude
• Became the primary guarantor of free speech for people worldwide with his X platform