[Video] Elon Musk at the Davos peace summit: “I heard about the peace summit. I was like, P‑I‑E‑C‑E? A little piece of Greenland, a little piece of Venezuela.”
No, actually it came from his brother starting a multimillion dollar business and give musk a handout with a job that regular joe would never get. His brother got the start up money from daddy. When it sold, musk got 22 million, which he then invested into PayPal. He did not start paypal, he was just an investor. Just like he did not start tesla, he was just an investor.
Not quite - after selling Zip2 with his brother, Musk co-founded x.com which merged with Cofinity, the combined company becoming PayPal. Relevant Wikipedia page. And if he was just an
The shadow moving up across the backdrop is like...what? A t-rex? Is this a clip that just ended too early? Right before impending doom? What's going on?
19 Comments
LordMayor@piefed.social · 52 pts · 211d
How the fuck did this guy get rich let alone billions? He’s not clever. At all.
shittydwarf@piefed.social · 50 pts · 211d
His dad had an apartheid emerald mine, so born rich and raised by sociopaths
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 8 pts · 211d
None of that is where his current fortune came from. That just gave him the ability to get to the US, via Canada, from South Africa.
The base of his fortune came from selling PayPal to eBay back in 2002.
Akh@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 210d
No, actually it came from his brother starting a multimillion dollar business and give musk a handout with a job that regular joe would never get. His brother got the start up money from daddy. When it sold, musk got 22 million, which he then invested into PayPal. He did not start paypal, he was just an investor. Just like he did not start tesla, he was just an investor.
Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
Not quite - after selling Zip2 with his brother, Musk co-founded x.com which merged with Cofinity, the combined company becoming PayPal. Relevant Wikipedia page. And if he was just an
Akh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
So, after he was given a handout most everyone would never get that made him a multimillionaire…
Madison420@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
Well sorta but not really, his family had back connections that they used to get money to start everything from there.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 210d
And he moved to a country where people who can't do basic math revere tech bros like Gods because they think their gadget is magic.
dogbert@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 211d
Lydia_K@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 211d
What an absolute PIECE of human garbage
weegee90@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 211d
Just casually "Mambo No. 5"ing the western hemisphere.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 211d
Man I can't wait for this dudes obituary
stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 210d
It’ll be a great day
bravesilvernest@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 211d
Hahahahah. Ha. Haaaaaaaaaaayduejdkfhsjkskd
njm1314@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d
I wonder if I'll ever see someone more lame in my lifetime.
Almacca@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 210d
What the fuck is that dickhead doing there?
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 210d
"A little bit of Adolf in my life..."
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 210d
A missed opportunity for the crowd and host to be dead silent with a poker face.
Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 211d
This dude watched The Producers and said bet.
xorollo@leminal.space · 3 pts · 210d
The shadow moving up across the backdrop is like...what? A t-rex? Is this a clip that just ended too early? Right before impending doom? What's going on?