2 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
South African-American entrepreneur — co-founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and The Boring Company — world's wealthiest person at various points — who simultaneously leads multiple frontier technology companies and acquired Twitter (2022, renamed X).
American rocket engineer who served as SpaceX's VP of Propulsion (2002–2020) — designing the Merlin and Raptor engines that power Falcon 9 and Starship — making him the engineer most responsible for the propulsion technology that enabled SpaceX's success.