Elon Musk has been named .
Musk, the richest person on Earth, is the CEO of the aerospace company and electronic car company .
Time gives the title to the person it sees as having the most influence during the past year. It has as going to "the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse."
Elon Musk () is TIME's 2021 Person of the Year
— TIME (@TIME)
"I admire anyone who is making a positive contribution to humanity, whether that is in entertainment or technology," Musk told Time. "I think anyone who is doing things that are really useful for the rest of humanity, I admire them greatly."
Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal described Musk as "a person with extraordinary influence on life on Earth, and potentially life off earth too."
In April, SpaceX to build a moon lander for astronauts, beating out Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. , SpaceX launched the first all-civilian crew to orbit earth.
Musk hosted this year, where he said he was the "first person with Asperger's to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it." He is known to be vocal on Twitter, and has over 66 million followers.
Last year, Time gave the title to and Vice President Harris, several weeks after their electoral victory. Other recent winners include climate activist , and collectively called "the guardians."
Tien Le is an intern on NPR's News Desk.
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