List of awards and honors received by Elon Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk has received the following awards and honors:

Musk in 2015

Awards and honors

• In 2006, Musk was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board.[1]
• Inc. magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award for 2007 for his work on Tesla and SpaceX.[2]
• 2007 Index Design award for his design of the Tesla Roadster.[3] Global Green 2006 product design award for his design of the Tesla Roadster, presented by Mikhail Gorbachev.[4]
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics George Low award for "the most outstanding contribution in the field of space transportation in 2007/2008". Musk was recognized for his design of the Falcon 1, the first privately developed liquid-fuel rocket to reach orbit.[5]
• National Wildlife Federation 2008 National Conservation Achievement award for Tesla and SolarCity. Other 2008 recipients include journalist Thomas Friedman, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), and Florida Governor Charlie Crist.[6]
• National Space Society's Von Braun Trophy in 2008/2009, given for leadership of "the most significant achievement in space". Prior recipients include Burt Rutan and Steve Squyres.[7]
• Listed as one of Time's 100 people who most affected the world in 2010.[8]
• The world governing body for aerospace records, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, presented Musk in 2010 with the highest award in air and space, the FAI Gold Space Medal, for designing the first privately developed rocket to reach orbit. Prior recipients include Neil Armstrong, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites and John Glenn.[9]
• Named as one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine.[10]
• Recognized as a Living Legend of Aviation in 2010 by the Kitty Hawk Foundation for creating the successor to the Space Shuttle (Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft). Other recipients include Buzz Aldrin and Richard Branson.[11]
• In February 2011, Forbes listed Musk as one of "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under."[12]
• In June 2011, Musk was awarded the US$250,000 Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization[13]
• In 2012, Musk was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society's highest award: a Gold Medal.[14]
• In 2013, Musk was named the Fortune Businessperson of the year for SpaceX, SolarCity, and Tesla.[15]
• Awarded the President's award for Exploration and Technology of the Explorers Club at the annual gala on March 16, 2014.[16]
• In 2014, Elon Musk was honored with an Edison Achievement Award for his "commitment to innovation throughout his career".[17]
• In 2015, he was awarded IEEE Honorary Membership.[18]
• In June 2016, Business Insider named Musk one of the "Top 10 Business Visionaries Creating Value for the World" along with Mark Zuckerberg and Sal Khan.[19]
• In May 2017, Musk was awarded the Oslo Business for Peace Award.[20][21][22][23][24][25]
• In 2018, Musk was ranked 25th on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.[26]
• Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018.[27][28]
• Listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2010, 2013, and 2018.
• Musk was awarded as member (fifth class) of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn on March 4, 2019 for his contribution in the rescue at Tham Luang cave, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.[29][30]
• In 2019, Musk was awarded the Starmus Festival's Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication[31][32]
• Musk was listed joint first on the Forbes list of the "Most Innovative Leaders of 2019".[33]
• On January 10th ,2021, Musk was ranked #1 on Forbes' Billionaires List[34]
• Musk was cited as one of the Top 100 most influential Africans by New African magazine in 2020.[35]
• On December 2020 Musk Awarded by Axel Springer Award.[36]
• Musk Ranked No.1 on Businessperson Of The Year 2020 List By Fortune Magazine.[37]
• On January 7, 2021, Musk was ranked as the wealthiest person in the world according to Bloomberg.[38]

References

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8. Favreau, Jon (April 29, 2010). "The 2010 Time 100". Time.
9. "Barron Hilton and Elon Musk honoured with the highest FAI awards". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. December 16, 2010. Archived from the original on April 19, 2015. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
10. Junod, Tom (November 15, 2012). "Elon Musk: Triumph of His Will". Esquire. Retrieved May 29, 2020. Though he already felt like an American, he'd done research and concluded that it would be easier to obtain American citizenship as a Canadian immigrant rather than as a South African one.
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12. Smith, Jacquelyn (February 14, 2011). "America's 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under". Forbes. Retrieved February 18, 2011. To make this list, you had to be the chief executive of one of the 20 biggest publicly traded companies in the U.S. (as of Feb. 11, by market capitalization) with a CEO aged 40 or under.
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14. "2012 RAeS Gold Medal". Archived from the original on November 28, 2012.
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18. "IEEE Honorary Membership Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 29, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
19. "The top 10 business visionaries creating value for the world". Business Insider.
20. "2017 Honourees – Business for Peace Foundation". Business for Peace Foundation. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
21. "Press release: Elon Musk wins the Oslo Business for Peace Award 2017 – Business for Peace Foundation". Business for Peace Foundation. March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
22. "Justifications for the 2017 Business for Peace Honourees" (PDF). Business for Peace Foundation. 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
23. "The Story of 2017 Honouree Elon Musk" (PDF). Business for Peace Foundation. 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
24. China, American Chamber of Commerce in South. "Two Americans among Winners of 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award". prnewswire.com. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
25. "2017 Business for Peace Award winners named". International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). March 28, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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27. "Distinguished scientists elected as Fellows and Foreign Members of the Royal Society". Royalsociety.org. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
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29. ราชกิจจานุเบกษา (March 21, 2019). "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ให้แก่บุคคลที่ช่วยเหลือผู้ประสบภัยในถ้ำหลวง วนอุทยานถ้ำหลวง-ขุนน้ำนางนอน จังหวัดเชียงราย" (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved March 22, 2019. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
30. "Thai king confers awards on two Australian divers for rescue of cave boys". April 19, 2019. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
31. "Breaking News! Announcing the Winners of Stephen Hawking Medal « STARMUS Festival".
32. May 2019, Elizabeth Howell 15. "Elon Musk to Receive Stephen Hawking Communication Prize from Astrophysicist Brian May". Space.com.
33. "America's Most Innovative Leaders". August 28, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
34. "The Real-Time Billionaires List". Retrieved November 24, 2020.
35. "Kenyan Diaspora Madowo named among top 100 most influential Africans". Diaspora Messenger News Media. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
36. "Axel Springer Award". Retrieved December 1, 2020.
37. "Business Person Of the Year". Retrieved January 10, 2021.
38. "Bloomberg Billionaires Index". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-01-08.

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