Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX, said in an interview on Tuesday that if his controversial tweets cause his firms to lose money, then so be it.
Elon Musk spoke to CNBC’s David Faber in a wide-ranging interview that was shared by the media outlet on Tuesday, May 16.
Toward the end of the lengthy exchange, Faber asked Musk why he bothers tweeting stuff to his 140 million followers that he knows will be controversial — the most recent of which he posted on Monday accusing the billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros of hating humanity and comparing him to Magneto, Marvel’s Jewish supervillain from the X-Men series — especially as such opinions have the potential to impact the three companies that he leads: Tesla, Twitter, and SpaceX.
After a full 11 seconds of silent contemplation, Musk responds: “You know, I’m reminded of a scene in The Princess Bride … where [Mandy Patinkin’s character, Inigo Montoya] confronts the person who kills his father.
