Quote of the day: Elon Musk's words of wisdom on success — ‘The path to CEO’s office should not be through….’

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According to Space X founder, aspiring CEOs should prioritize engineering and design instead of taking the path through finance or marketing departments. Giving a vision to ambitious individuals to accomplish feats considered impossible, the richest person on Forbes' 2026 Billionaires list asserted the importance of engineering and design in running a business.

Born in Pretoria, South Africa

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, in 1971, Elon Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025. His entrepreneurial journey can be traced back to 1984 when he sold his first computer game at age of 12. His family emigrated to Canada in 1989. After securing bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, he moved to California to pursue business ventures. He founded the software company Zip2 in 1995 and sold it in 1999.

Elon Musk's top quotes on success and innovation

1. “Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.”
2. “I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.”
3. “There’s a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering.”
4. “It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.”
5. “Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.”
6. “I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.”
7. “It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don’t know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive.”
8. “A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies.”
9. “People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.”
10. “If you’re co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do… If you don’t do your chores, the company won’t succeed… No task is too menial.”

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