The South African-born Elon Musk is the distinguished entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk aims to save our planet and send citizens into space to establish a colony on Mars. Musk's personal life story includes all the features of a great, dramatic narrative. He was an extraordinarily bright child who suffered intense bullying at school and mistreatment from his father. Despite the harsh conditions and violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania, funding his school expenses by turning his house into a club and hosting large events. He started a series of major successes in the dot-com sector, including PayPal, which eBay acquired for 1.5 billion dollars in 2002. Musk was fired from the CEO position, which started his "lost years," during which he decided to invest his fortune in rockets and electric cars. Meanwhile, his marriage fell apart as his technological obsessions dominated his life. Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future, and over the past twelve months, he has been followed by technology journalist Ashlee Vance. The book "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future" is an important, fascinating, and smart reference to the real-life superhero Iron Man.