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Walter Isaacson: "Sometimes funny, sometimes in 'demon mode', Elon Musk has several personalities"

2023-09-21T14:26:20.633Z

Highlights: For two years, he was a shadow of Tesla's founder. In 700 pages, the author of monumental biographies, including that of Steve Jobs, establishes the profile of tycoon Elon Musk.. By Miguel Jiménez (El País)To discover more about Le Figaro Jeux, click here. To find out how to get your hands on the next issue of El País, go to: www.elpais.com/le-figaro-jeux.


For two years, he was a shadow of Tesla's founder. In 700 pages, the author of monumental biographies, including that of Steve Jobs, establishes the profile of tycoon Elon Musk.


By Miguel Jiménez (El País)

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In August 2021, Elon Musk tweeted that Walter Isaacson was working on writing his biography. The writer clarified that under the terms of the agreement, he would spend two years alongside Musk, attending all sorts of meetings and thus becoming, on occasion, his shadow, having access to his inner circle and many of his texts and communications. However, the tycoon would have no control over the publication or the possibility of reading it beforehand. His work culminated in Elon Musk (Fayard), a biography of nearly 700 pages whose title is limited to the name of its protagonist, founder, among others, of the electric car company Tesla, the satellite and rocket company SpaceX and, since October of last year, owner of Twitter, renamed X.

Most of the time, Isaacson resides in his home in New Orleans, the city where he was born in 1952. However, he receives El País in his spacious and elegant apartment...

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