Elon Musk Named Person of the Year by Time Magazine

You may not agree, but there's no denying that Elon Musk was the person of the year and we didn't even need the magazine Time to assert the fact. First of all, it is important to mention that the title of person of the year is not an award or tribute, but a true recognition of the influence of a person within the year that is ending.

In addition to being the owner of SpaceX eTesla, the South African-born entrepreneur is responsible for several advances in the universe of space exploration and robotics. We cannot fail to mention that Elon Musk is also the richest person in the world, with a fortune greater than those of names like Bill Gates e Mark Zuckerberg.

See all the details and other titles delivered by the magazine Time.

How is the personality of the year chosen?

Focused on recognizing the influence and work of a person in a period of 365 days, the magazine Time has an internal team of editors that work only on this choice. Several aspects are analyzed that go beyond the fortune, so don't think that only the money of Elon Musk It was enough for him to be chosen as the 2021 person of the year.

Created on 1927, the title of person of the year is always released in the last month of the year, as a great summary of the person who was influential enough to change society. Names like Mark Zuckberg, Bill Gates and other personalities have already been chosen at the awards. As you can imagine, it is not possible to submit entries to include names, which implies carrying out a large analysis, with the bottleneck happening throughout the year.

Who is Elon Musk?

In addition to being a true genius of the technology market, Elon Musk he is also the owner of companies that are revolutionizing the way we live today. THE SpaceX, for example, in september of this year, it was rresponsible for taking the first group of civilians into space, through the mission inspiration4.

In addition, the company that manufactures rockets and other space travel products has also secured a contract with NASA of US$ 3 billion, which will allow the realization of the first next-generation lunar module. This specific advance will make it possible for the first black woman and person to travel to the Moon, in addition to several other novelties that can be realized with the work of the SpaceX.

We are in this new golden age where, like it or not, much of our lives, even in this time of incredible inequality, are being shaped by these very wealthy tech leaders.

Edward Felsenthal, editor-in-chief of Time Magazine, in an interview with the Today Show

talking about the Tesla, this is one of the companies that was widely commented on throughout 2021, both here in showmetech, as well as by the international media. It is already known that, soon, the company of Musk will be building humanoid robots that bear the name of Tesla Bot. NeuraLink, which also has Elon as an owner, should be mentioned a lot next year, especially with all the advances in brain implants. It will be possible to reverse paralysis and even motor problems.

Elon Musk He is currently the richest man in the world. According to Forbes, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and other companies has a fortune of US$ 265,4 billion (about R$ 1,504 trillion). Jeff Bezzos, owner of Amazon, comes right after, with US$ 196.1 billion (approximately R$ 1,111 trillion). The top 3 is completed by Bernard Arnault and his family, owners of the luxury goods brand LVMH (with a fortune of US$ 812 million or about R$ 4.604 billion).

Other titles of the year

In addition to defining who is the person of the year, the magazine Time also recognized other personalities who were outstanding in 2021. For the position of heroes of the year, the team of experts who worked on the development of the vaccine against COVID-19 was chose. The main highlight is the discovery of technology for RNA for the creation of an immunizer in record time. They were nicknamed “miracle workers".

We cannot talk about important personalities of 2021 without mentioning the name of Simone Biles, chosen by the magazine Time , the Athlete of the Year. Another name recognized by the renowned publication was that of Olivia rodrigo, being the Artist of the Year (a category that encompasses music, TV acting and other events that have influenced a person's success) 2021.

In addition to being the Artist of the Year by the magazine Time, Olivia rodrigo was also recognized as new artist of the year, as well as song of the year and album of the year at the Apple music awards. The American is also nominated in the four main categories of the Grammys 2022 and the specialized media already points out that she will be one of the big winners.

The popular vote

Last December 07th, publications in the Facebook and group messages Telegram with supporters of the President Jair Bolsonaro were publicizing that Brazil's top leader was elected as personality of the year. But in fact, Bolsonaro had won the popular vote for the title of person of the year by the magazine Time.

Before that, many of its supporters came to mobilize for the award to be delivered to the President do Brasil, but today (13) it was announced that the editors do not agree with the public's opinion. But this can happen, since the personality title recognizes people who were influential in the year in a positive or negative way.

How could anyone choose their favorite from 100 names selected by the editors of Time Magazine, the supporters of Bolsonaro so they started to do joint efforts so that he could be chosen. One of the groups that organized this mobilization had 10.276 members.

When the result was announced, Bolsonaro had won 24% of the 9 million votes and many of his supporters thought that the President would really be on the cover of Revista Time. But that said only about the popular vote and not the choice of the editors (who have the final word on the title of person of the year). Former US President Donald Trump came in second, receiving 9% of the vote. The scientists who worked on the development of the vaccine against Covid-19 received 6,3% of the votes.

previous personalities

Joe Biden, alongside its Vice President Perfect Harris, was elected the 2020 person of the year. The US president was recognized for his good performance in the COVID-19 pandemic and work to get the economy back on track.

In 2019, Greta Thunberg, the teenage activist fighting to stop climate change, was named person of the year by the magazineTime. His work to reduce the emission of toxic gases over time was highly praised by several experts and the benefits can be seen to this day.

In 2018, there was an interesting fact: a group of journalists, including jamal khashoggi, who was murdered that same year, was elected as the person of the year for 2018. The search for the truth was the main reason for the choice.

What did you think of the 2021 person of the year choice? Think that Elon Musk was really influential or someone else should have been chosen by the magazineTime? Tell us your opinion Comment!

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Sources: Time, Today, Forbes e UOL