Elon Musk – Stars and Dust A Genius Without Reckoning Part 1: The Boy Nobody Liked

He was not born a hero. He was born a strange child in Pretoria, a boy nobody liked — bullied, shoved down a staircase, abandoned by his own father. What came out of that childhood still shapes how the richest man in the world thinks and acts today. Part 1 of an eight-part series about Musk, his contradictions — and an idea meant to reach him.

Johannes Heyder

Jul 4, 2026·15 min read

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