Elon Musk's rise and apparent 'downfall' are the focus of a new critique by author Ryan Holiday, who argues that the billionaire's brilliance, vast wealth and relentless drive now sit uneasily alongside increasingly visible personal flaws and chaotic decision-making.
Holiday has built a career examining how high performers soar and then stumble. Speaking about Musk, he describes a figure who once seemed almost mythic in his intensity as an entrepreneur who devoured Soviet rocket manuals to help shape SpaceX, overhauled the electric car market with Tesla, and pushed into satellites and AI at a pace that left governments scrambling to catch up.
