“If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth.”

industrialist and technologist, former public official

Elon Reeve Musk is an industrialist and technologist, and a former public official. He is the chief executive officer and largest shareholder of Tesla and SpaceX, and has 186 quotes on the site. He has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025. In June 2026, he became the only trillionaire, and Forbes estimated his net worth at $1.1 trillion as of October 2026.