Elon Musk is now officially a trillion-dollar man – but how much of that fortune will he ever truly see?
As Tesla’s board tightens its embrace of its unpredictable CEO, questions are mounting about what his latest megadeal really means, and who – if anyone – tried to stop it.
Beyond the balance sheets, Musk’s growing fixation with far-right politics and his new venture, Grokipedia, are raising eyebrows from Silicon Valley to Brussels.
Is this just another eccentric project from the world’s richest man, or something more ideological taking shape?
With his hands on the levers of Tesla, SpaceX and global discourse itself, Musk’s influence now extends far beyond business.
Today on The Indo Daily Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Adrian Weckler, technology editor at the Irish Independent, and by Sönke Iwersen – head of investigative research at German newspaper Handelsblatt – to discuss Elon Musk’s latest deals and his desire to shape the world in his own image.
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