Real-life Iron Man celebrates 46th birthday: 10 crazy quotes from visionary SpaceX and Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk

Eccentric billionaire, inventor and engineer, Elon Musk is known for spearheading corporations like SpaceX- which focusses and aims for space exploration, SolarCity - which specialises in solar energy services as well as Tesla- the automaker and energy storage company which predominantly makes electric cars, lithium-ion battery storage etc. Musk has been often vocal about his ideas about us living in a simulation as well as about his aspirations for colonising planets other than Earth (especially Mars).

Eccentric billionaire, inventor and engineer, Elon Musk (b. June 28, 1971) is known for spearheading corporations like SpaceX, which focusses and aims for space exploration, SolarCity - which specialises in solar energy services as well as Tesla- the auto 

Elon Musk on making it big. Well, Musk taught himself computer programming at the age of 12 and he sold a game 'Blastar', which he developed (of course) to a magazine for $500.(Photo | Associated Press)

Elon Musk on why we should be nervous if we find out that we are not living in a simulation. Elon Musk is one of those people who believes that there is a chance we might be living inside a computer simulation and we might never know it. At a conference he had said that there is a billion to one chance that we are living in a base reality. His is not a new idea but something scientists has been pondering about for a long time as well as discussed in popular culture including films like 'The Matrix'. (Photo | Associated Press)

This is how Elon Musk replied during a TV interview with 'Late Night Show' host Stephen Colbert asked him about his plans on making Mars hospitable for humans. (Photo | Associated Press)

Elon Musk on the age old theory of aliens building Egyptian pyramids. (Photo | Associated Press)

Musk has some idea about how he wants to die. (Photo | Associated Press)

On thinking about installing a rollar coaster in his Tesla Fremont office. What do you have in your office ? (Photo | Associated Press)

Flying cars, man, flying cars. (Photo | Associated Press)

Elon Musk on Artificial Intelligence or AI. (Photo | Associated Press)

Travelling to the stars: He has thought it all through. (Photo | Associated Press)

Billionaire. Clueless. (Photo | Associated Press)