Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine.
The magazine announced that Musk, the world’s richest man, as its choice on Monday.
“He is reshaping life on Earth, and possibly even life on Earth,” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said on NBC’s “Today” show.
Felsenthal told Time’s . written in Profile Of Musk: “Person of the Year is a marker of impact, and few individuals have had a greater impact on life on Earth than Musk, and potentially even life from Earth.”
“In 2021, Musk not only emerged as the world’s richest man, but perhaps also the richest example of massive change in our society,” he wrote.
Musk’s spaceflight company made history in September when it successfully launched four private passengers into orbit First mission to space with an all-civilian crew, And in April, NASA chose SpaceX as One of the space companies making lunar landing systems Which can take astronauts to the moon by 2024.
Time also named researchers who worked on COVID-19 vaccines as Monday’s Heroes of the Year. Scientists Caitlin Carrico, Barney S. Graham, in the cover image kizmekia corbett and Drew Weisman – all of whom achieved “success of singular significance, launching an innovative and highly effective vaccine platform based on mRNA that will impact our health and well-being beyond this pandemic,” the magazine wrote,
The magazine on Thursday presented awards in various categories including naming Simone Biles As athlete of the year And Olivia Rodrigo as Entertainer of the Year.
Time has annually chosen Person of the Year for nearly a century. Last year, it elected the president-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris for the top spot. And in 2019, Swedish climate change activists Greta Thunberg, then 16, degree obtained.
Person of the Year, whose recipient is chosen at the end of each year by the magazine’s editors, is not necessarily an award. It is representative of the person or people’s impact on the news over the past year.