After selling Zip2 in 1999 for $22 million, Elon Musk’s first significant expenditure was a $1 million McLaren F1. The tale goes that Musk crashed this uninsured supercar a few months later while attempting to impress Peter Thiel. | History In Pictures

After selling Zip2 in 1999 for $22 million, Elon Musk made headlines with his first big purchase: a McLaren F1 supercar. At the time, it was one of the fastest and most exclusive cars in the world, with only 106 ever made. Musk spent approximately $1 million on the vehicle. In a now-famous anecdote, Musk wrecked the car in 2000, while driving without insurance, but fortunately, neither he nor his passenger, Peter Thiel, were injured. | History In Pictures

It’s 1999. Most tech founders are terrified of the press. They hire "image consultants." They memorize scripts. They stay in the shadows to protect their stock price. But Elon Musk decided to play a different game. Since his Zip2 days, Musk has done something no other billionaire would dare: He stopped hiding. While Jeff Bezos gives one highly-controlled interview a year... And Mark Zuckerberg speaks only in "corporate-approved" soundbites... Musk is doing 3-hour podcasts with Joe Rogan and tech

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