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Musk didn't start Tesla.

• maxharris 13y ago
  Please don't start on that, because it's very misleading. Everyone involved settled that dispute years ago (2009): http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10357665-54.html?tag=mncol http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10357665-54.html?tag=mncol Others had crucial roles as well, but without Musk providing the funding and management, Tesla would have just been another dead electric car company.
  • foobarqux 13y ago
    No, saying he is a founder is misleading. He played a critical role in Tesla and it surely would have failed if he were not involved but his initial involvement was as an investor in an existing enterprise. There was a settlement that allows Musk to call himself "founder" in exchange for, I presume, some compensation. There was no legal ruling on facts only a private agreement between parties.
• yardie 13y ago
  By that logic, Steve Jobs didn't start Pixar.
  • foobarqux 13y ago
    Yes, "that logic" being just plain old "logic". Jobs didn't start Pixar he invested in a spin-out of a division of an existing company. From wikipedia "the group, which numbered 40 individuals back then,[1] was spun out as a corporation in February 1986 with investment by Steve Jobs shortly after he left Apple Computer.[1]"