Elon Musk Was Named the Person of 2021: Here’s Why

Time magazine has just named Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, as the 2021 Person of the Year.

“For creating solutions to an existential crisis, for embodying the possibilities and the perils of the age of tech titans, for driving society’s most daring and disruptive transformations, Elon Musk is our 2021 Person of the Year,” Edward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and CEO of Time, explains.

This decision has probably been expected by almost everyone as the richest man in the world is literally devoting himself to his works in the fields of space and car production, selling off his fortune recently. Just a few days ago Musk said he was thinking of becoming a full-time influencer, leaving his current positions as the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX.

Elon Musk as the person of 2021.

Elon Musk: The richest person

“Thinking of quitting my jobs & becoming an influencer full-time wdyt,” he tweeted. But it is not immediately known if the consistent social media user was serious to give up his roles. Elon Musk is also leading Neuralink, a brain-chip startup, of which he said days ago that the company hoped to begin implanting brain chips in humans next year.

The billionaire shattered records this year with a net worth surpassing $300 billion. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, ranks second after Musk on the list of the richest people in the world.

Felsenthal said in his piece that Musk considered himself a problem solver of the world’s most rugged challenges.

“These include what was once the core American creation, combustion-engine automobiles, and what was once the core American aspiration, spaceflight, as well as a litany of other manifestations of our present and future: infrastructure construction, artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, payment systems, and increasingly money itself through his dalliances with cryptocurrencies,” he added.