The year was 2002.
Elon Musk sold his company PayPal to eBay and made around 180 million dollars (in today’s value, roughly ₹16,000 crore in cash). An ordinary person would have invested this money somewhere safe, lived off the interest, and enjoyed a king-like life. But Elon Musk was not an ordinary person. From this very money, he invested 100 million dollars to build SpaceX, and put the rest into Tesla and SolarCity. And himself? He continued living in a rented apartment. Situations arose where, at times, he had to borrow money just to pay rent.
At that time, SpaceX was an almost impossible dream. Across the world, space was exclusively the domain of governments. Even in the United States, everything was handled by NASA—a government agency. Elon Musk directly challenged this system, that too with his last remaining money. Repeated launch failures, ridicule, criticism—he endured it all. Most people stop at the first failure; Musk outright refused to stop.
Now, look at the picture today. In 2026, SpaceX is preparing for an IPO, with an estimated valuation of 1.5 trillion dollars. This company is doing what no one has ever done before—reusable rockets. Launch the rocket, complete the mission, bring it back, and launch it again. The first major step toward making space travel as routine as a bus ride or a flight. The second major marvel—Starlink. Internet that works in mountains, oceans, deserts—everywhere. No SIM, no towers, no network anxiety. Today, it has no real competitor.
And this doesn’t stop here. In collaboration with NASA, SpaceX is preparing to send humans back to the Moon—this time not merely to plant a flag, but to build a permanent base. The next dream? A Mars colony—preparations to settle humans on the Red Planet. What looked like science fiction ten years ago has today become a concrete roadmap.
Who did all this? One individual—who did not choose comfort. Who did not buy security with money, but instead purchased risk. Because of this very obsession, it is entirely possible that Elon Musk becomes the first human in history with a trillion-dollar net worth.
The message is crystal clear—
Money provides a secure future.
Passion creates history.
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Nitin Tripathi is an entrepreneur, software engineer, educator, and writer with a modern yet rooted perspective on life and technology. A graduate of Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, he is the founder of Om Solutions, where innovation meets practical problem-solving.
A passionate runner and a devoted family person, Nitin believes in balance—between work and wellness, tradition and progress.
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