It’s 'unlikely' Tesla will have to raise additional money before the 2012 release of the Model S Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, was born in South Africa. At 12 years old, he sold his first commercial software he programmed. He went on to make his fortune during the Internet boom years, making just under $200 million with PayPal and over $20 million with Zip2. Now, at 39-years-old, Elon is building rockets and electric cars as the CEO and co-founder of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX. His dream is to making in living in Mars – a reality, an quite possibly an affordable during his lifetime. Here’s my interview with Elon, one of today’s most celebrated entrepreneurs. Among the topics we discussed - whether Tesla - which raised $260 million from its June IPO, $465 ...   [ Read more ]