Tesla Managing director Elon Musk was voted “Person of the Year” by Time magazine in 2021, a year that witnessed tram The company became the most valuable automaker in the world, and his rocket company flew to the edge of space with an all-civilian crew.
Musk is also the founder and CEO of SpaceX, and leads brain chip startup Neuralink and infrastructure company The Boring Company. Tesla’s market value soars to over $first trillion this year, making it more valuable Ford Engine and Synthetic engine combined.
Tesla makes hundreds of thousands of cars a year and has managed to prevent supply chain problems better than many of its rivals, while pushing more young consumers to switch to electric cars and legacy automakers shift their focus to EVs.
“To create solutions to an existential crisis, to showcase the possibilities and dangers of the age of tech giants, to drive the boldest and most disruptive transformations of society.” society, Elon Musk is TIME’s Person of the Year 2021,” said the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Edward Felsenthal.
“Even Elon Musk’s space travel adventures are a direct line from First Person of the Year, Charles Lindbergh, whom the editors selected in 1927 to celebrate the first solo flight. in his transatlantic history.”
The subheadline on Time’s website reads: “The visionary. The performer. Iconoclast. Troll. How Elon Musk is reshaping our world — and more.”
From hosting “Saturday Night Live” to dropping tweets about cryptocurrencies and stock memes that triggered massive fluctuations in their value, Musk dominated the headlines and amassed over 66 million followers on Twitter.
Some of his tweets have also attracted regulatory scrutiny in the past.
According to the magazine, “Person of the Year” denotes someone “who has influenced the news or our lives the most, for better or for worse.”
Time magazine named teen pop singer Olivia Rodrigo “Entertainer of the Year”, American gymnast Simone Biles “Athlete of the Year” and vaccine scientists were named “Athlete of the Year” by Time magazine. honored as “Hero of the Year”.
Last year, the President-elect of the United States Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly awarded the title of “Person of the Year”. This tradition began in 1927. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have also received this title in the past.
