Husband. Dad. MD of a large building company. Endurance athlete. Comrades fanatic, aspiring triathlete, inspired by leadership, integrity and purpose.
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Joined July 2011
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♻️ Repost it, someone needs to see the wasp one.
👇🏽 Which law shocked you most?
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 🇩🇪
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The first trillionaire in human history
- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders
Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible
Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion
Most people quit when the world laughs at them.
Elon Musk built the future instead.
Love him or hate him…
Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.
Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.
History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.
It will remember the people who did it anyway.
Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀
Power Max 👊🏻
Swing of the night
@BoDomeBville @Sparks_North @PG_Uncommitted @BUncommitted @UBAuncommitted @BBUncommitted @UncommittedStud
Well done Max. Super proud of you 👍🏻
Happy the hard work is paying off. Thank you @PG_Scouting for the right up! @PG_Illinois @PGShowcases @PG_OhioValley @BoDomeBville @Sparks_North @BUncommitted @BBUncommitted @UBAuncommitted
You know what really pisses me off is when people walk their dogs off the lead and their dog attacks my dog which is on the lead. They then try to blame me and don’t even have the decency to apologise. FFS. Idiots
I got the book for Christmas and can’t wait to read it
#Author interview: @melindaSMACKED - Bamboozled
"I was petrified that if I wrote about my work with psychedelics, to heal, I would be judged and rejected..."
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So incredibly proud of these two @StDavids_Marist old boys. Such talent! I have been privileged to watch their success and look forward to seeing them go from strength to strength! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
🖐 – at Sandton, South Africa
Beautiful to watch – at Sandton, South Africa
Want to see what 3:05 per km looks like on the @ComradesRace course? Watch this! Sub 3:00 per km UP Inchanga? Watch towards the end! Sub 2:40 per km? Watch right to the end!
Shot this morning on a VERY cold day, following coach @MduVura
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How some @ComradesRace look like when they rock up at the expo...
“Ah yah I’m fine hey boet! Had a couple niggles but I’m looking good for Sunday ay china I’m fit!”
It’s all in the shoes – at La Mercy, South Africa
As expected.
Just not from whom it was expected.
Clearance sale, first come, first served. Marathon WRs are on sale in April #recalibrated
BradWantenaar retweeted
This is what @SANParks officials have done to a potential Olympic athlete’s arm. @nich_dlamini WAS possibly going to be THE 1ST BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN to take part in the Tour de France you stupid assholes!!!!!!!! @CyrilRamaphosa @MbalulaFikile
Hopefully the wheels of justice have not come to a grinding halt. The evidence is all there. Opinion | Jacob Zuma: a perpetrator of one of the most serious human rights crimes via @News24 news24.com/Columnists/GuestC….
Self deception and ethical fading at its best. – at Umhlanga, South Africa
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BradWantenaar retweeted
Happy memories just 7 months ago. I wonder what changed? I sent you a warm What'sapp after my election. Looking forward to your reply @HermanMashaba Kind regards.
