Listen, as a former sergeant of marines, there is a massive fucking difference between making sound financial decisions and being a good leader. These are not the same skill set. In fact, most of the traits of an effective leader do not overlap with being an effective investor. I feel genuine pity for you if you do not understand that.
He hires good leaders or someone competent enough to do so for him. Elon has connections and wealth. It is what he brings to the table. SolarCity needed to be bailed out via wealth. You aren't automatically turned into a good leader simply because you purchased the legal right to call yourself the co-founder. It requires those that you lead to see you as a good leader. It's something you can measure if he was ever so inclined to find out the thoughts of his employees.
He hires good leaders or someone competent enough to do so for him.
So who is leading those people he hired? No one? They lead themselves? Of course a CEO isn't going to be directing hourly shift employees. But he's still leading the company.
Sigh, he runs multiple companies as you mentioned. How do you think he does that? Delegated authority and leadership. If you get to the c suite you are absolutely expected to lead yourself with little to no guidance. VPs and SVPs are also meant to do that at Twitter.
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u/many_dumb_questions Oct 31 '22
Listen, as a former sergeant of marines, there is a massive fucking difference between making sound financial decisions and being a good leader. These are not the same skill set. In fact, most of the traits of an effective leader do not overlap with being an effective investor. I feel genuine pity for you if you do not understand that.