The world’s richest person, Elon Musk’s much-anticipated biography by American author-journalist Walter Isaacson has seen a bumper sale in the first week of its launch.
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How Many Copies Of Elon Musk’s Biography Have Been Sold?
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In the first week itself, Elon Musk‘s biography has sold 92,560 copies. These robust sales figures position the biography as the second best-selling title in its first week. The sale of the biography of Tesla founder and X (formerly, Twitter) – titled ‘Elon Musk’- included print copies sold through September 16, according to data collected by book tracker Circana BookScan.
Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography of Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs, which sold nearly 383,000 copies during its first week, remains the best seller. This book was published just weeks after Steve Jobs’ death on October 5, 2011.
When Was Elon Musk’s Biography Book Released?
Elon Musk’s biography book, written by Walter Isaacson, who is a former executive at CNN and TIME, was released on September 12, 2023.
How Did Elon Musk React To His Biography’s Bumper Sale?
Elon Musk tweeted about the bumper sale figures of his biography: “Cool, although it’s kinda weird seeing so many close-up pics of my face.” The post already has more than 7 lakh views.
Writer Isaacson chased Elon Musk for two years, “attended his meetings, walked his factories with him, and spent hours interviewing him, his family, friends, coworkers, and adversaries,” according to the book’s publisher, Simon & Schuster.
Walter has also written best-selling biographies of Einstein and Benjamin Franklin. ‘Elon Musk’ also topped The New York Times’ combined print and e-book nonfiction and hardcover bestseller list, as per ET.
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What Did Elon Musk’s Biography Reveal?
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The much-anticipated biography of Elon Musk has revealed several facets of the billionaire’s life, including his personal relationships with multiple women, as per the report. Hit by emotional scars apparently inflicted by his father early in life, the billionaire went on to have a fluid mix of girlfriends, ex-wives, ex-girlfriends and significant others and has many children with multiple women, revealed the biography.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was “lonely and sad” as a child as he struggled to make friends in school. He also struggled to understand social cues and had to rely on books to learn about them.
The biography also revealed that Musk and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates got into a verbal spat after the Tesla CEO confronted the Microsoft founder over shorting the electric-car company’s shares last year. Click here to learn what all his book talked about.
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