If you’re a Tesla owner, that should be enough. It is the leading company in the manufacture, distribution and sales of electric cars. If that doesn’t fully please you, you could dabble in space science, creating a company like SpaceX, which targets commercial space tourism and the ambitious plan to put man on Mars. But that wasn’t enough for Elon Musk.
Recently, The richest man in the world bought Twitterone of the most important social networks and companies in the world, which is why it now has a presence in the automotive sector, in the space industry and in the social media sector.
As if that were not enough, and this is a story that few know, before acquiring Twitter, Inc., could be CEO of nothing more and nothing less than Appleconsidered the most important technology company on the face of the Earth, today with Tim Cook at the helm.
This is not a What If…? from Marvel Studios, is a true story. It could have been possible, at least in the fantastic world of Elon Musk.
The secret call between Elon Musk and Tim Cook
Reveals a report published on the website of applesphere than in the year 2016aroused an alleged interest from Apple to buy Tesla, at a time when the electric car giant was going through a bad time. That sparked a secret call between Musk and Cook.
This story was known thanks to the book “Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century” as reported in The Los Angeles Times. The work shows the alleged proposal with which Elon Musk himself approached the head of Apple.
The problem with the offer is that it offended the CEO of the bitten apple company.
“Apple CEO Tim Cook and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are talking on the phone. The 2016 introduction of the decisive Model 3 is coming soon, but Tesla is in deep financial trouble. Cook has an idea: Apple buys Tesla”, the story begins.
“Musk is interested, but he gives one condition: “I will be the CEO.” Sure, Cook says. When Apple bought Beats in 2014, the founders, Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre (in charge of the division) remained.”.
The conversation reached an awkward point when Elon Musk revealed his true intentions: “No. Apple. Apple CEO”.
And of course, Cook’s response was not the friendliest. He sent it to you know where and he hung up on her: “what the fuck you‘.
Musk denied having spoken to Tim Cook in 2016 about this negotiation and even wrote about it on Twitter. We’ll probably never know what really happened, but it’s interesting to know that the irreverent tycoon may have been Apple’s first man in charge.
Cook & I have never spoken or written to each other ever.
There was a point where I requested to meet with Cook to talk about Apple buying Tesla. There were no conditions of acquisition proposed whatever.
He refused to meet. Tesla was worth about 6% of today’s value.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 30, 2021