You clearly know nothing about Elon Musk. The primary driving...

You clearly know nothing about Elon Musk. The primary driving force in his life is the survival of the human species.

He has created electric vehicle and solar energy companies (Tesla, Solar City) to improve the outlook for our environment and make energy generation more sustainable.

He is absolutely deadly serious about colonising Mars. He wants to diversify mankind's habitat so if/when Earth becomes uninhabitable we are already established somewhere else. Hence, he built a space transport company (SpaceX) and became the first non-government player to put a spacecraft into orbit and recover it, and send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. He has a contract with NASA to supply the ISS.

Future generations of humans may very well look back in a couple of hundred years and remember Elon Musk as one of the most influential people of all time. I suggest you read Ashlee Vance's biography of Musk (Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future; Harper Collins 2015).

One final word - do not bet against Elon Musk...