Elon Musk – the charismatic capitalist putting his business on the line | James Ball

Investors and employees have much at stake in the volatile tech entrepreneur’s companies, but can he focus on Tesla’s real issues?

Elon Musk looks like he’s bored, and it’s making him irritable and erratic. This would be frustrating if he were a teething toddler and understandable if he were an unemployed 4chan dweller, but is incomprehensible given he is the founder and CEO of two companies together valued at around $100bn (£77.7bn) – one of which is going through a year that will make or break it.

Musk achieved fame, and garnered a fanatical online fanbase, through his founding of Tesla – a motoring company that hit on the insight of starting electric cars at the high, not low, end of the market, creating vehicles with years-long waiting lists that thousands wanted, despite their prohibitive price tags.

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