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Born into money and making obvious investments that plenty of people with similar opportunity would make isn't particularly impressive. It's not outright bad l
by ruthmarx 2y ago
Born into money and making obvious investments that plenty of people with similar opportunity would make isn't particularly impressive.
It's not outright bad like failing to make money from a casino, but it's not particularly good either.
- fragmede 2y agoThe failures of other electric car companies; Fisker Arrival, Dyson EV, Nikola, Faraday Future, would seem to indicate that being merely competent is a higher compliment than it feels like it would be.
- ruthmarx 2y agoWhat role did Musk do other than invest? You could even say he just got lucky with a gamble.
- fragmede 2y agoHis biographies go into far more detail than fit here, but even if you only believe half of those stories, he is still way more involved that most investors. At one point he slept in his office at the Fremont plant to get the Model 3 launched. There's more to him than being able to sign a check.