File photo: Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk smiles as he attends a forum on startups in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. When you are a billionaire tech mogul it's hard to not be compared to those that came before. Take Tesla chief executive Elon Musk for example. The philanthropist often receives parallels between his life and that of the fictional Marvel character Tony Stark. And then there is the suggestion that he is the second coming of Steve Jobs.

When San Francisco bay area-based composer and electronic music DJ Mason Bates recently visited the childhood home of Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Jobs, he was in awe. "It all started in that garage," Bates said in a hushed, reverent voice, as we pulled up in the composer's 1970s Alfa Romeo outside the nondescript bungalow at 2066 Crist Drive in Los Altos. Located on an un-trafficked suburban street, the building's only distinguishing feature was the "no trespassing" sign on the austere patch of lawn out front. "That's where he built the early Apple computers," Bates said, hesitant to get out of the car to take a closer look, lest we disturb the occupants. "That's where the world's most valuable company began. The fabled garage was designated a historical landmark in 2013. It's been eulogized in films like Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) and Jobs (2013), as well as books such as Walter Isaacson's expansive 2011 biography of the Silicon Valley entrepreneur.