This article is a synthesis of geek parks and Wall Street observations
It is not the first time that "the new richest man" Musk and "multi-richest man" Bill Gates have openly faced each other.
On April 23, whistleblower @WholeMarsBlog released a chat history between Musk and Bill Gates. It is reported that the chat is said to revolve around a charity event led by Gates, and Musk also mocked the other party because Gates was short of Tesla.
Musk responded by saying: This is true, but it was not shown to the New York Times, it must have been taken by someone through his friend's friend.
Musk explained that he had heard from several people at TED that Bill Gates had a $500 million short Tesla position, so he went to consult, which was not a secret.
From the chart, the two billionaires first had a conversation about "climate change" philanthropy, but then Musk suddenly asked Gates if he still held a $500 million Tesla short position. When Gates acknowledged this possibility, Musk bluntly declined the Microsoft founder's offer, and then did not forget to post a picture mocking Bill Gatesfaf's body shape.
Musk and Bill Gates, why don't they "look down" on each other?
As a well-known "big mouth" in the Silicon Valley technology circle, Musk often fights with other bigwigs.
Since Bill Gates questioned Musk's hyperloop project at the event in 2018, the two have successively clashed on topics such as hyperloop, electric vehicles, and new crown vaccines. Musk even said in the match that Bill Gates and himself are not friends, sneering at the other side's nosyness, attracting a large number of melon-eating crowds to come to watch.
Bill Gates said at an event that passenger cars can be electrified, but trucks are not suitable, and named Tesla Semi as unreliable.
The straight Musk is naturally also outspoken, directly on Twitter to carry out personal attacks, saying that Bill Gates does not know how to do, quite a tweet "God of War" meaning.
What kind of hatred and resentment make the two technology circles frequently pinch each other? In fact, it is not difficult to study it and find that the two big men think about the problem from a completely different perspective, and friction is actually an inevitability.
For example, in 2017, Bill Gates was asked what they would do if they started a business with Musk. He said the two might do something in the clean energy space. He feels that in the area where passenger cars are most likely to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promoting electric vehicles is a good solution. By the way, he praised Tesla's exemplary role in leading the development of electric vehicles.
But turning around, in early 2020, Bill Gates bought Porsche's electric car, the Taycan Turbo. The Taycan Turbo starts at $1.498 million and the Model S starts at $756,900. Gates said Tesla is a bit expensive.
Musk immediately sent a message, "I talked to Gates, he was bored."
Gates didn't respond immediately, but he commented on Tesla's electric truck business in a later interview: There's no future.
For heavy-duty, long-haul transport vehicles, we need alternative solutions. Although there are several production plans for electric semi-trailers on the market today, such as the Tesla Semi and Daimler's Freightliner eCascadia, they are far from the same.
The battery technology that Musk has vigorously promoted is not exactly the direction he feels is "right". Gates' obsession with energy efficiency stems in large part from his "climate anxiety."
Some scientists told Bill Gates that in order to avoid the deterioration of the global environment due to continuous warming, the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050, which requires people to develop new low-cost clean energy.
The challenge is enormous, large enough to be called an "energy miracle." As a result, Bill Gates has been committed to clean energy investment and publicity for more than a decade. "Next, if a large number of young people are involved, I think there will be a breakthrough that will save our planet from disaster by 2050."
At the time point of 2050, Musk's goal is to lead humans away from Earth. His goals are completely at odds with Bill Gates.
Will the "war of words" between Musk and the big guys continue?
As a person with pegasus imagination, Musk will always have a lot of novel ideas, but Musk is not just a person who stays in ideas, he will put it into practice, and has achieved good results in many aspects.
But at the same time, he is also an unguarded person, often making inappropriate or excessive remarks on the Internet, causing controversy. In fact, in addition to Bill Gates, Musk has also publicly accused Bezos, Buffett, Zuckerberg and other bigwigs.
The vast majority of CEOs tend to be cautious in their wording because they fear that any remark deemed controversial could have serious consequences, but Musk is by no means in that category.
In an interview with the American magazine 60 Minutes, Musk proudly said, "You use your hairstyle to express your personality, and I use Twitter."
Musk's candor has won the hearts of countless fans and customers who find him more affinity than other prominent executives, while also confusing many analysts and investors who think musk is grumpy and reckless.
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"Big mouth" Musk will damage Tesla's image?
Among the big names in the tech world, whose style do you agree with more?
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