Lyn Alden
· 150w
Too many people have given Elon a pass. Don't give him a pass.
He's a marketer, not a founder or an engineer. He didn't found PayPal or Tesla; he bought into them early. He's good at selling narrativ...
I mean I think it is safe to say that he knows how to "play the game" and he is very good at it.
That being said, I do think he believes in sustainable/electric transport, solar/battery power and multiplanetary exploration/travel.
I don't think he is solely driven by equity valuation as seemingly suggested here. Obviously, he isn't perfect and not without missteps.