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*he bought companies that did great things, I dont get how that wasn't obvious all along
I honestly thought he founded both companies back then. I don't know if that he just bought them was obvious/something everyone should know or if I was clueless. I guess maybe it is a mix of both.
He had remarkably good PR back then
See it this way: it was so good he started to believe his own PR, after which he fired them. I wonder if he will ever deal with reality
He did found SpaceX
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX
He didn't found Tesla but it had 7 employees and was about to go bust when he bought in (2014) 8 months after it was founded
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.
Oh, thanks for the history lesson! :)
He did call himself a βfounderβ of both
He founded SpaceX not bought it. He bought Tesla when it was a failing startup with an unsellable prototype.
It probably was the smart people he hired that made them successful but he very definitely didnt just buy thriving businesses and claim their existing success as his.
The guy is an ass and a terrible person, but he very definitely was instrumental in building those companies