The feat makes Elon Musk biography the second best-selling first-week title after Isaacsons 2011 biography of late Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs, which sold nearly 383,000 copies in its first week.
Elon Musk s extreme ambition and drive can be traced back to his challenging childhood in South Africa, according to Walter Isaacson s biography of Musk. Despite experiencing abuse and isolation, Musk found solace in science fiction and developed a deep attachment to the hero myth.