Bill Gates has been in the news in the last few hours . Elon Musk is also involved, here’s what’s happening.
Many things can be said about Elon Musk, but certainly not that the leader of Tesla, recently risen to prominence for his decisive role in the US elections, in favor of Donald Trump, is one of banal positions.
His personality and his ideas divide and provoke discussion, and have often created not only criticism but also some misunderstanding, even with colleagues. The case of the clash with Bill Gates, another of the richest men in the world, is emblematic.
The relationship between the founder of Microsoft, who for years was the richest man in the world, and Elon Musk, who is currently the richest with a net worth of over 400 billion,the highest ever recorded, would have deteriorated when Gates in 2023 would have bet against Tesla on the stock market, at a not very happy time for Musk’s company, with one of those operations called “short”, a short sale that allows you to earn when a stock loses value.
Elon Musk would not seem to have taken the gesture too well, and from that moment on he does not seem to have forgotten what happened.
Bill Gates, Elon Musk’s message sparks debate
With Donald Trump’s election victory and the key role that Musk is set to play in the next government, Tesla shares also soared, with unprecedented gains for the company and for Musk. The success was an opportunity for Musk to get a few things off his chest.
The billionaire used his social media platform, formerly Twitter and now called X, to launch a message: “If Tesla becomes the most valuable company in the world (it is currently in second place, but Apple is getting closer, ed.) that company will also bankrupt Bill Gates”.https://youtu.be/UEG82sZe5MQ?si=1QlU772IsDrRK54c
The reference, of course, is to the growing value of Tesla and the bet that according to the comment to which Musk responded Gates would still have active against the electric giant. Obviously Bill Gates’ assets are nothing short of pharaonic, but Musk did not miss the opportunity to launch a dig.