The title of the “world’s richest man” is not necessarily a tribute to anything more than the credulous nature of some investors. At no point has that seemed truer than during the tenure of the current incumbent of the post, Elon Musk. Mr Musk’s career has been distinguished mainly by his ability to successfully promote companies other people founded, such as PayPal and Tesla. Given Mr Musk’s propensity to share many of his half-formed thoughts with the public, it is easy to think of him as hard-working but oddly amateurish.
One more company somebody else founded is now part of
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