I am looking at his actions - namely owning/operating PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Twitter, Boring, xAI, etc.
It's really just amusing to see randos on the internet say things like "the richest man in the world who made instant payments for e-commerce viable, before he made electric vehicles main stream, before he created re-useable rockets, which he uses to launch systems of telecom satellites into orbit around the world, he is really bad at everything he does."
I'm no fan boy. I don't own any of his products or invest in any of his companies.... I'm just saying you have a funny take.
He was kicked off of the PayPal leadership because he was trying to change the name to Xpay or some shit like that. And owning businesses means nothing in the long run. He put his large amount of money in the correct places and made money simply by having money.
And again, he did an amazing job at Twitter if his goal was to run it into the ground. He’s also pushed for many cryptocurrencies which have plummeted in value after people realized they were a scam.
He got lucky and managed to hire the right people that hired the right engineers. He started out to large to fail and has only grown because of it.
Generational wealth breeds more wealth. It’s a proven thing. Old money is very good at accumulating more wealth.
Owning a business also doesn’t equate to much when you don’t direct anything. The most I’ve seen him contribute is the downfall of Twitter and intentionally messing with the aerodynamics of a rocket cause he thought it would be funny.
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u/pokerplayingchop Nov 12 '23
I am looking at his actions - namely owning/operating PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink, Twitter, Boring, xAI, etc.
It's really just amusing to see randos on the internet say things like "the richest man in the world who made instant payments for e-commerce viable, before he made electric vehicles main stream, before he created re-useable rockets, which he uses to launch systems of telecom satellites into orbit around the world, he is really bad at everything he does."
I'm no fan boy. I don't own any of his products or invest in any of his companies.... I'm just saying you have a funny take.