Elon Reeve Musk

Awards and recognition:

• In 2006, Musk served as a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board
• R&D Magazine Innovator of the Year for 2007 for SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity
• Inc Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2007 for his work on Tesla and SpaceX.
• 2007 Index Design award for his design of the Tesla Roadster. Global Green 2006 product design award for his design of the Tesla Roadster, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics George Low award for the most outstanding contribution in the field of space transportation in 2007/2008. Musk was recognized for his design of the Falcon 1, the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to reach orbit
• National Wildlife Federation 2008 National Conservation Achievement award for Tesla and SolarCity. Other 2008 recipients include journalist Thomas Friedman, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Florida Governor Charlie Crist
• The Aviation Week 2008 Laureate for the most significant achievement worldwide in the space industry
• National Space Society's Von Braun Trophy in 2008/2009, given for leadership of the most significant achievement in space. Prior recipients include Burt Rutan and Steve Squyres
• Automotive Executive of the Year (worldwide) in 2010 for demonstrating technology leadership and innovation via Tesla. Prior awardees include Bill Ford Jr, Bob Lutz, Dieter Zetsche and Lee Iacocca. Musk is the youngest ever recipient of this award
• Listed as one of Time's 100 people who most affected the world in 2010
• The world governing body for aerospace records, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, presented Musk in 2010 with the highest award in air and space, the FAI Gold Space Medal, for designing the first privately developed rocket to reach orbit. Prior recipients include Neil Armstrong, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and John Glenn
• Named as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine
• Recognized as a Living Legend of Aviation in 2010 by the Kitty Hawk Foundation for creating the successor to the Space Shuttle (Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft). Other recipients include Buzz Aldrin and Richard Branson
• In 2010, Musk was elected to the board of trustees of the California Institute of Technology,[243] however no longer holds the position
• In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, he was ranked as the No. 10 (tied with rocketry pioneer and scientist Wernher von Braun) most popular space hero
• In February 2011, Forbes listed Musk as one of "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under."
• In June 2011, Musk was awarded the US$250,000 Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization
• In 2011, Musk was honored as a Legendary Leader at the Churchill Club Awards
• In 2012, Musk was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's highest award: a Gold Medal
• Musk was the 2012 recipient of Smithsonian magazine's American Ingenuity Award in the Technology category
• In 2013, Musk was named the Fortune Businessperson of the year for SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla
• In 2015, he was awarded IEEE Honorary Membership
• As of 2015, Musk serves on the board of advisors of Social Concepts, Inc
• In 2016, The Drive, a division of Time, named Musk the most influential person in the car business and as the second most influential person in the automotive tech sector
• In June 2016, Business Insider named Musk one of the "Top 10 Business Visionaries Creating Value for the World" along with Mark Zuckerberg and Sal Khan
• In December 2016, Musk was ranked 21st on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People
• In March 2017, Musk was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 3 in the list of 200 Most Influential Philanthropists and Social Entrepreneurs
• Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)in 2018

"When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars, people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked."

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