The Bill Gates — Elon Musk Feud
The Microsoft founder has become the latest in Musk’s growing list of billionaire foes. Why is SpaceX & Tesla’s chief picking fights?
While they have international, even Interplanetary, businesses to run, or world-saving foundations to oversee; Billionaires, so it seems, also have plenty of time to fight.
In recent months, the multi-billionaire’s club has been rocked by an ongoing feud between two of its senior members. The battle between Elon Musk and Bill Gates has been public, brutal, and unapologetic. It has been fought on social media, interviews, and blogs. It’s a battle that stretches from electric cars, the coronavirus pandemic, and to plain name-calling. similar to the personas of the two tech-nerdy moguls, the fight is captivating and awkward. You can’t take your eyes off of it.
The dispute dates back to February 2020. In an interview with tech Youtuber Marques Brownlee, Gates was asked about electric cars, and while acknowledging Tesla’s major part in moving passenger’s cars towards the electric age, Gates revealed that he personally had recently bought a Porsche Taycan. “It’s very very cool. That’s my first electric car and I’m enjoying it a lot”, Gates said.
