Tim Higgins

Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future.Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary and to others he's a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets and his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car.When Tesla was founded in the 2000s, electric cars were novelties, trotted out and thrown on the scrap heap by carmakers for more than a century. But where most onlookers saw only failure, a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential and they pitted themselves against the biggest, fiercest business rivals in the world, setting out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, cleaner than the competition.

*A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller*A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Teslas wild ride --Walter IsaacsonA masterclass in narrative journalism --Bradley HopeExemplary --The TimesAn exceptional work --Washington PostInside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Teslas bid to build the worlds greatest car and the race to drive the future.Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some hes a genius and a visionary and to others hes a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets and his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car.When Tesla was founded in the 2000s, electric cars were novelties, trotted out and thrown on the scrap heap by carmakers for more than a century. But where most onlookers saw only failure, a small band of Silicon Valley engineers and entrepreneurs saw potential and they pitted themselves against the biggest, fiercest business rivals in the world, setting out to make a car that was quicker, sexier, smoother, cleaner than the competition.Tesla would undergo a truly hellish fifteen years, beset by rivals, pressured by investors, hobbled by whistleblowers, buoyed by its loyal supporters. Musk himself would often prove Teslas worst enemy--his antics repeatedly taking the company he had funded himself to the brink of collapse. Was he an underdog, an antihero, a conman, or some combination of the three?Wall Street Journal tech and auto reporter Tim Higgins had a front-row seat for the drama: the pileups, wrestling for control, meltdowns, and the unlikeliest outcome of all, success. A story of power, recklessness, struggle, and triumph, Power Play is an exhilarating look at how a team of eccentrics and innovators beat the odds... and changed the future.

Highly readableFinancial TimesFrom the boardrooms to the court rooms, this is the gripping story of how Apple became the worlds most valuable company, and of the lawmakers and entrepreneurs determined to knock it off its pedestal.Since the invention of the iPhone and App Store, Apple has built a near unassailable market power, controlling not only commerce, but also culture, and - increasingly - the flow of ideas.In response, a loose rebel alliance of tech entrepreneurs has formed to lay siege to Apple, bringing together Epic Games Tim Sweeney, Spotifys Daniel Ek, Xs Elon Musk and WeChats Pony Ma. In the trenches of popular opinion and now in the courtrooms of Europe and the United States, this rebellion aims to tear down Apples walls and dismantle its alleged monopoly.iWar weaves together the story of Apples rise and reign with the political and international forces arrayed against it in the fight over control of the global digital economy. The stakes couldnt be higher.

The wildly enthralling and entertaining story of Apples monopolistic impulses and the global business and political forces arrayed against its $3 trillion empire.iWar is a saga of corporate intrigue, control, and competition, featuring some of the worlds most brilliant and powerful minds. It is the story of Apple, the tech corporation which has built near unassailable market power through its iPhone and app ecosystem and controls not only commerce, but also culture, andincreasinglythe flow of ideas. And it is the story of a powerful cadre of tech moguls determined to take it down.Over time, a loose and disparate group of billionaires, each driven by their own reasons, has formed to challenge Apples supremacy, including Daniel Ek (Spotify), Tim Sweeney (Epic Games/Fortnite), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook/Meta) and Elon Musk (Twitter/X). With in-depth reporting, Wall Street Journal business columnist Tim Higgins chronicles these tech moguls and their quest to weaken a powerful rival, aiming at destroying the Walled Garden around Apples iPhone Empire, while telling a larger story of the global digital and information economy.But can this rebellion of billionaires actually topple a $3 trillion empire?Corporate Intrigue: Go behind the scenes of Silicon Valley boardrooms and Brussels courtrooms as Apple defends its empire against rivals and regulators. The Walled Garden: Explore the strategy behind Apples closed ecosystem and the fight to break down the digital walls that control the flow of commerce and ideas. A Tech Mogul Rebellion: Discover the motivations behind the unlikely alliance of Tim Sweeney, Daniel Ek, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg in their battle against Tim Cooks Apple. The Apple Tax: Uncover the high-stakes fight over the controversial 30% commission that pits a coalition of developers and creators against one of the worlds most powerful companies.

Elon Musk es uno de los titanes más controvertidos de Silicon Valley. Para algunos, es un genio y un visionario; para otros, un errático vendedor de medio pelo. Hay quien ha ganado o perdido fortunas por culpa de sus tuits, y su vida personal parece salida de un periodico sensacionalista. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus comentarios provocadores y su comportamiento imprevisible, esta haciendo realidad su apuesta mas audaz: el coche electrico. Cuando Musk fundo Tesla en 2003, los coches electricos eran algo nuevo. Durante mas de un siglo, la industria automovilistica, a pesar de admirarlos, habia descartado su produccion. Pero alli donde la mayoria solo veia posibles fracasos, un pequeño grupo de ingenieros y emprendedores de Silicon Valley capitaneados por Elon Musk vio una oportunidad y aposto contra las empresas mas grandes y consolidadas del mundo para fabricar un coche mas rapido, bonito y limpio que el de la competencia. Juegos de poder es una narracion sobre el proceso de creacion de Tesla. Tambien sobre la mentalidad rebelde y provocadora de su lider, sin el que la empresa no hubiera existido, pero que en ocasiones la ha puesto en riesgo con sus actuaciones publicas. Una historia fascinante de enfrentamientos, decepciones, depresion y, aun mas insolito: de exitos.

Elon Musk es uno de los titanes más controvertidos de Silicon Valley. Para algunos, es un genio y un visionario; para otros, un errático vendedor de medio pelo. Hay quien ha ganado o perdido fortunas por culpa de sus tuits, y su vida personal parece salida de un periodico sensacionalista. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus comentarios provocadores y su comportamiento imprevisible, esta haciendo realidad su apuesta mas audaz: el coche electrico.Cuando Musk fundo Tesla en 2003, los coches electricos eran algo nuevo. Durante mas de un siglo, la industria automovilistica, a pesar de admirarlos, habia descartado su produccion. Pero alli donde la mayoria solo veia posibles fracasos, un pequeño grupo de ingenieros y emprendedores de Silicon Valley capitaneados por Elon Musk vio una oportunidad y aposto contra las empresas mas grandes y consolidadas del mundo para fabricar un coche mas rapido, bonito y limpio que el de la competencia.Juegos de poder es una narracion sobre el proceso de creacion de Tesla. Tambien sobre la mentalidad rebelde y provocadora de su lider, sin el que la empresa no hubiera existido, pero que en ocasiones la ha puesto en riesgo con sus actuaciones publicas. Una historia fascinante de enfrentamientos, decepciones, depresion y, aun mas insolito: de exitos.

Elon Musk es uno de los titanes más controvertidos de Silicon Valley. Para algunos, es un genio y un visionario; para otros, un errático vendedor de medio pelo. Hay quien ha ganado o perdido fortunas por culpa de sus tuits, y su vida personal parece salida de un periodico sensacionalista. Sin embargo, a pesar de sus comentarios provocadores y su comportamiento imprevisible, esta haciendo realidad su apuesta mas audaz: el coche electrico. Cuando Musk fundo Tesla en 2003, los coches electricos eran algo nuevo. Durante mas de un siglo, la industria automovilistica, a pesar de admirarlos, habia descartado su produccion. Pero alli donde la mayoria solo veia posibles fracasos, un pequeño grupo de ingenieros y emprendedores de Silicon Valley capitaneados por Elon Musk vio una oportunidad y aposto contra las empresas mas grandes y consolidadas del mundo para fabricar un coche mas rapido, bonito y limpio que el de la competencia. Juegos de poder es una narracion sobre el proceso de creacion de Tesla. Tambien sobre la mentalidad rebelde y provocadora de su lider, sin el que la empresa no hubiera existido, pero que en ocasiones la ha puesto en riesgo con sus actuaciones publicas. Una historia fascinante de enfrentamientos, decepciones, depresion y, aun mas insolito: de exitos.