Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47) South Africa |
Education | Pomona College |
Subjects | Technology, business |
Notable work | Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future |
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Ashlee Vance (born 1977) is an American reporter, writer and filmmaker. He wrote a biography of Elon Musk, titled Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, that was released on May 19, 2015.
Early life and education
Vance was born in 1977 in South Africa. He attended Pomona College, graduating in 2000.[1]
Career
Vance wrote for The Register from March 2003[2] to August 2008.[3] He moved to The New York Times in September 2008[4] and then to Bloomberg Businessweek in January 2011.[5]
During his time at The Register, Vance covered companies such as
.Vance hosted an audio podcast called Semi-Coherent Computing from 2007–2008,[9] in which he discussed enterprise computing topics such as data center cooling and blade servers, and interviewed guests including chip pioneer David Ditzel of Transmeta, Sun Microsystems, and Bell Labs.[10]
In 2015, Vance started writing, producing and hosting the "Hello World" video series for Bloomberg, focusing on the tech scene in various countries.[11][12] The show was nominated for an Emmy in 2016.[13] In 2015, Vance published his biography about Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and other tech companies. The book became an immediate best-seller.[14] Vance says that Musk "really hated some of the things in the book, so we didn't talk for three years."[7]
In May of 2023, Vance published When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space within Reach about the rise of commercial space. The book focused on
Vance is currently working on a TV series based on his Elon Musk book for HBO[16] and a documentary for HBO based on his latest book.[17]
He lives in California with his wife Melinda and their two children.[17] Vance calls himself an atheist.[7]
Works
- Vance, Ashlee (2007). Geek Silicon Valley: The Inside Guide To Palo Alto, Stanford, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, San Jose, San Francisco. Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-0762742394.
- Vance, Ashlee (2015). Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future. Harper. ISBN 978-0062301239.
- Vance, Ashlee (2023). When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach. Ecco. ISBN 978-0-06-299887-3.
References
- Pomona College Magazine. Pomona College. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Vance, Ashlee (2003-03-24). "Sun adopts Write Once, Revise Anywhere license". The Register.
- ^ Vance, Ashlee (2008-08-21). "Reg server and chip hack molested by Gray Lady". The Register.
- ^ "Ashlee Vance - Bits - The New York Times". bits.blogs.nytimes.com. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Ashlee Vance and Brendan Greeley Join Bloomberg Businessweek". Press Release. Bloomberg. 2011-01-05. Retrieved 8 April 2011.
- ^ "Data Analysts Captivated by R's Power". The New York Times. 2009-01-08. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- ^ a b c "Interview with Ashlee Vance". Interviews with Max Raskin. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
- ISBN 978-0-7627-4239-4.
- ^ "Semi-Coherent Computing". The Register. Archived from the original on 2008-07-14.
- Edge Foundation, Inc.
- ^ "Goodbye, Silicon Valley. Hello World". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Ashlee Vance AMA on reddit". reddit. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
- ^ "Nominations for the 38th Annual News and Documentary. Emmy® Awards" (PDF). newenglandemmy.org.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ Otterson, Joe (2020-10-12). "HBO to Develop Scripted Series About Elon Musk's SpaceX". Variety. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
- ^ a b "About". Ashlee Vance. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
External links
- Vance's web site Archived 2018-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Appearances on C-SPAN