It seems that no businessman has nothing good to say about Elon Musk. We were recently surprised by the statements of Sam Altman, who called the CEO of SpaceX an “idiot.” And now confessions from Bill Gates appear, who reveals that the South African tycoon “was super mean” to him.
What happened between Elon Muks and Bill Gates? According to what you review Fox Businessthe Microsoft co-founder bet that Tesla Motors shares would fall.
Specifically, Bill Gates shorted Tesla Motors for half a million dollars and apparently that was not taken well by Elon Musk.
“Once he found out I had shorted the stock, he was very mean to me, but he’s very mean to so many people, so you can’t take it personally,” Bill Gates told author Walter Isaacson, who has been writing a biography of Musk for the last three years.
This request for Tesla shares, seen as an act against philanthropy since the electric car company is an environmentally friendly company, was rejected by Elon Musk.
The South African tycoon says you can’t take Bill Gates’ philanthropy seriously “when you have a huge short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change,” he said.
Bill Gates himself tells the author that he even apologized to Musk for the misunderstanding and adds that the situation has not improved.