On his Twitter page.
If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2021
“If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX and how I’m doing, @WalterIsaacson writes a biography. “
Musk then left a few more tweets – that Isaacson was “in a few days” all over his accompanied. What does the “Especially liked” Isaacson’s biography of the founding father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin. He also repeated that “maybe one day” he will write his autobiography.
Several books have been written about Musk’s life and career, including the biography “Elon Musk. Tesla, SpaceX and the Road to the Future, 2015, by Ashley Vance. This book, for which Musk gave several interviews, was well received by reviewers. Financial Times named her ‘breathtaking portrait of Silicon Valley’s most ambitious entrepreneur […] his personal shortcomings, and everything else. ” At the same time, The New York Times put such a high praise, although she noted that sometimes the work deviated “in the direction of hagiography and the style of press releases.” By the way, according to Ashley Vance’s book, HBO is filming a mini-series about SpaceX, but Musk himself will not take part in the project.
At the same time, it does not seem that any of the other books about him liked Elon Musk more than the work of Ashley Vance. This also applies to the book Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk, and the Bet of the Century Kindle Edition by The Wall Street Journal by Tim Higgins, which came out earlier this month. Reviewed by The LA Times, it says that Higgins’ book “takes the shine away” from Musk, portraying him as “a hot-tempered executive who quickly fires people, whether they deserve it or not.” This book spawned a lot of news, including a sensational story that Elon Musk proposed to Apple CEO Tim Cook to lead Apple in his place. Musk himself and Apple CEO Tim Cook deny it ever happened.
In Isaacson’s case, Elon Musk will probably know what to expect. Isaacson wrote Steve Jobs’s biography with “unprecedented” access to the Apple founder, praised by many for its detail, readability, and emotional acuity.