Elon Musk | business magnate | Biography | Education | Career | Awards/Honors| Inspiration

Biography Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate . He is founder CEO,CTO and chief designer of spaceX and is co-founder of the electronic payment firm PayPal . He also became chief executive officer of the electric car maker Tesla . He was born on 28 June 1971, Pretoria, South Africa. His father, Errol Mus k was entrepreneur, engineer and investor. His mother, Maye Musk is a Canadian South African model and dietition. He also had one sister named  Tosca Musk who is South African filmmaker and one brother Kimbal Musk  who is South African born restaurateur, chef and entrepreneur. Education He briefly attended the University of Pretoria before moving to Canada age 17 to attend Queen's University. He transferred to the University of Pennsylvania two years later, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics and physics. He moved to California in 1995 to attend standard University but decided instead to pursue a business career. Career He is now the richest person in the w
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Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam



 Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace scientist and also known as "Missile Man of India" who served as the 11th President of India from 2002-2007. He was born on 15th October 1931, Rameswaram. 

Education- 

After completing his schooling from Rameswaram, he completed his graduation in Physics from Saint Joseph's college, then he attended the Madras Institute of Technology, where he received a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1960. After graduation he joined the Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and later he also joined Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). 

Inventions-

1) He launched first indigenous satellite launch vehicle.
2) He lead the development of indigenous guided missiles at DRDO.
3) He converted India into a nuclear weapons state by guiding multiple nuclear tests.
4) He was the project director of "Project Valiant and Project Devil".
5) He was involved in India's Light Combat Aircraft project.
6) He propelled the development of light weight capillaries to air people with motor disorders.
7) His contribution to develop table to track the health of the under privileged and eventually, help them.

Projects-

Under his Kalam Miaaion, the two missiles Agni and Prithvi did get the boost along with other projects.
Some other projects are:
1)Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ..
2)Project Devil
3)Project Valiant 
4)Smiling Buddha 
5)Pokhran 2

Awards and Honors- 

He received the coveted civilian awards Padma Bhushan(1981) and Padma Vibhushan (1999), and the highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna(1997). He is a recipient of several other awards.

Inspiration-

He had a lot of dreams which needs to come true by our efforts. He inspired us in a lot of ways but one thing which inspired me most was his reaction and adaptation to failure. He never stopped working and dreaming just because of failure instead he worked harder.

While delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, he died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 27 July 2015, aged 83.


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