Elon Musk (2024)

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What is the answer to Elon Musk's riddle? ›

Puzzle #14: Elon Musk's Interview Question

Assume the Earth is a perfect smooth sphere. The most natural answer to this question is the North Pole. And it's correct!

During the 2017 World Government Summit, Musk admitted he asked all job applicants, “Tell me about some of the most difficult problems you worked on and how you solved them.”

A correct answer is the North Pole. Musk would then ask: “Where else could it be?” Today's first puzzle was that one: where else could it be? There are an infinite number of places near the South Pole where walking a mile south, west and north returns you to exactly where you started.

Elon Musk cofounded the electronic payment firm PayPal, and in 2002 he founded SpaceX, a company that makes rockets and spacecraft. He was a major early funder of Tesla, which makes electric cars and batteries, and became its chief executive officer in 2008. He cofounded Neuralink, a neurotechnology company, in 2016.

In summary, Elon Musk is one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time. He is the founder of Tesla, SpaceX, and several other companies. He is also known for his high IQ. Estimates of Musk's IQ range from 155 to 160.

In 2021, Musk nominally changed his title to "Technoking" while retaining his position as CEO.

What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps? Answer: A River!

Today's riddle - I can travel at nearly 100 miles per hour, but never leave the room. You can cover me up but that won't slow me down, you will not know if I come once, or again and again. What am I? Answer: a sneeze.

There's a famous riddle about a hunter who walks one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north and ends up right back where he started. He sees a bear and shoots it. What color is the bear? The accepted answer is white; the hunter is at the North Pole and the bear is a polar bear.

The first of these was Zip2, a company that used his programming skills to offer mapping and directory services to online publications. After Zip2 he created an online banking company called X.com, which merged with a competing company to become PayPal.

What is Elon Musk life in a nutshell? ›

Born and raised in South Africa, Musk spent time in Canada before moving to the United States. Educated at the University of Pennsylvania in physics and business, Musk started getting his feet wet as a serial tech entrepreneur with early successes like Zip2 and X.com, which merged with a company that became PayPal.

He spends Mondays and Fridays at SpaceX in Los Angeles and the rest of the week at Tesla or Twitter in San Francisco. This streamlined approach minimises travel and maximises work efficiency. Ending the day, to optimise sleep, Musk avoids food and alcohol for a few hours before bed.

That means you have traveled exactly one circumference of the circle, and now if you walk 10 km north you will return to your starting point. You can do the same from the South pole. That happens because the Earth is a globe.

The US Secret Service says it is "aware" of a social media post by Elon Musk in which he said that "no one is even trying" to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice-president Kamala Harris. Mr Musk has since deleted the post and said it was intended as a joke.

Sample Answer: I want to work for SpaceX because I am passionate about advancing the boundaries of space exploration and technology. I am drawn to the company's innovation, entrepreneurship, and risk-taking culture. I believe that my skills and experience would allow me to make meaningful contributions to its mission.

Elon Musk uses the First Principles method, which is defined as deducing something down until it has no further deduction. Reduce something to its most basic unit: Body → organs → cell (smallest organic unit). These are the three steps. Then I'll provide examples.