I feel like not enough people know that Elon Musk first became wealthy by being so awful at running a company that his own management team mutinied when he went on his honeymoon; his own board of directors then fired him; and his replacement then turned the company into PayPal.
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His arrogance was off the charts. His strategy was trash. His management was worse.
He was so bad, he got pushed out by his own people so someone else could turn the company around.
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His equity was headed towards being worthless.
His replacement was the one who made it worth a fortune.
The dude got rich by sucking profoundly while others were competent.
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Any company musk actually founds and runs under delivers, goes nowhere, or fails entirely.
See: hyperloop, the Boring Company.
Companies other people started or run succeed.
See: Tesla, SpaceX
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Coming up with dumb ideas; being a terrible leader; admiring the smell of his own farts; and hyping up his own bullshit.
The dude is the Steve Carell of Steve Jobs’.
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He made a fortune despite himself.
Now he’s the richest man on earth… and still the same clown.
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Elon is not even that level of talent. He's the guy who failed up once he hit a certain wealth level.
LIES
DETECTED.
Second, thanks for telling the truth about Musk.
Third, Musk and tRump are like two peas in a pod.
He wouldn't give up on that idea. And as we've seen he's still scratching that itch. Two kids named "x" and dumping the twitter brand.
Looking at you Kara Swisher
Birds of a feather...
Peas in a pod...
Please don't associate a brilliant comedy actor with Elon. Elon is not brilliant and so desperately wants to be a comedian, but his comedy isn't even 12 yr old level...
I get the straw you were grasping at; it just insulted an actual talented guy.
:-)
Ripping the rest of us off is a major source of his fortune.
https://bsky.app/profile/kevinmkruse.bsky.social/post/3lbnc7vbiss2t
Or are we to suppose that he is luckiest man alive - at least relative to finances?
A couple of years ago they seemed so eco and smart.
Now it’s like driving around wearing a MAGA hat.
There are many reasons to hate Musk, his business success is not one of them.
I’m truly afraid of what he’s capable of because of his ego + wealth w other oligarchs’ help.
Crashing our economy, emptying retirement accts, losing our homes, jobs, &manipulating the world bank.
They're running just fine without him.
probably.
😂
I look forward to being kicked off X as a badge of honor. Thank you for posting this and I hope he does ban me. 😀
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The guy is a complete fraud and a moron.
It's why he and Little Trumpy get along so well; they have so much in common. (Though Elon actually IS a genius and DT is delusional that he is, too). 😼
Just unconventional as far as the business world was concerned back then.
His ability to sell people on ideas, and get them to invest is uncanny.
That money isn’t real, that’s all bullshit. He’s not selling better or more cars than Toyota.
Tesla is a meme stock, but overly valuable because it is headed by Musk.
Space X has no peers.
That’s why Musk is probably using Trump to wall off his garden with laws.
Amazon is the one that should get your attention, but we see that’s built on bad labor laws lol.
https://www.adalo.com/posts/the-evolution-of-elon-musk-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly
Oldish VF interview. I wish I could find this other interview with her, I need to dig to find it. She spoke about her struggles and how she just had to tough it out. It was a really interesting article. I was born in Cape Town and know it & Joburg pretty well
Grifters of a feather grease palms together
I want to buy being 6’5” & gorgeous, but nobody was selling.
🤷♂️
They admire him because he is a self-made billionaire.
Personally, I'm still banging my head in the wall wondering "how".
Nothing could be worse than Trump except Trump+Elon.
Which one is actually in charge?🤷♀️
So much so, when he appears before The Judgment Throne and Jesus asks him to give an account of his life he will more than likely respond: I'm the richest man in the world.
it's good to know something about the psychopath in chief.
I didn't vote for this. I don't approve of his plans.
this is the definition of oligarchy. America's billionaires think they know better and should rule over the rest of us.
But he did indeed started SpaceX.
Tesla was four years from producing its first car when he took over.
Hyperloop was never a Musk company; it was a rough concept he developed that others tried to develop.
Also, I love Guinness with a bit of black current!
Cheers 🍻
And as someone who uses PayPal I'm grateful he is no longer in charge there
I can't imagine that Musk ever got over that.
With Musk and Thiel both yanking on strings in the Trump administration, we may see fireworks from them sooner rather than later.
So, yeah, another one of the many rich, white, male nepo babies calling themselves 'self made'
News flash, tariffs raise prices.
I sometimes wish I was an entitled arsehole that failed upward.
Look techie and he wouldn’t
Know it was just a screen saver.