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Elon Musk is a brand, it is only coincidental that he happens to be a real person as well.

• simonh 9y ago
  So if I'd given you the Elon Musk brand 20 years ago and thrown the man in a Gulag, we'd still have Tesla electric cars, SpaceX rockets and solar roof tiles now?
  • skybrian 9y ago
    Well, for Tesla, that depends on whether Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning would have gotten funding from someone else. Musk wasn't the founder you know.
    • simonh 9y ago
      I know, but the only reason he took over was because they both bailed or got pushed. I suppose it's possible he was behind that, but he must at least have had the backing of the rest of the board and it seems unlikely they'd do that for nothing.
      • skybrian 9y ago
        I believe they were pushed out because the Roadster (Tesla's first car) was late and that put the company at risk. It's a bit ironic because every other car Tesla built was also late, and the company has taken on a lot more risk since then.
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