Musk and Bezos, leaders of Tesla and Amazon respectively, are rivals in several areas including artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, self-driving cars, and space exploration. Their combined worth is $557 billion and both their companies are valued at about $1 trillion. Any personal animosity between the two could significantly impact their business rivalry.
Key takeaways:
- Elon Musk has reignited his feud with Jeff Bezos, claiming that Bezos had advised people to sell their Tesla and SpaceX stocks due to a predicted loss for Donald Trump in the presidential election.
- Musk, who supported Trump's reelection bid, has been appointed to co-lead a 'Department of Government Efficiency' by the president-elect.
- Both Musk and Bezos are leaders in powerful companies, Tesla and Amazon respectively, and are rivals in areas such as artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, self-driving cars, and space exploration.
- Musk has previously criticized Bezos for his skepticism about colonizing Mars and has also had disagreements with other tech leaders, including Bill Gates.