Elon Musk's mysterious ways on display in Tesla tweet trial

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SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk’s enigmatic personality and unconventional tactics are emerging as key exhibits in a trial revolving around one of his most polarising pursuits — tweeting. The trial, centered on a pair of tweets announcing Musk had obtained the money to take Tesla private in 2018, reeled the 5

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk’s enigmatic personality and unconventional tactics are emerging as key exhibits in a trial revolving around one of his most polarising pursuits — tweeting.

At other times, Musk sounded like the savvy visionary that his supporters hail him to be — an intrepid rebel who by his own estimates has raised more than US$100 billion from investors. They have been richly rewarded from his leadership of pioneering companies that include PayPal in digital payments, Tesla in electric vehicles and SpaceX in rocket ships.

Musk was serious enough that he had already discussed the pros and cons with Michael Dell, who had gone through the public-to-private transition in 2013 when he led a US$25 billion buyout of the personal computer company bearing his name, according to trial evidence.The crux of the case hinges on an Aug 7, 2018, tweet in which Musk declared “funding secured" to take Tesla private.

“The risk is that Mr. Musk timed his announcement of his proposal to serve his own interests rather then the interests of the company," Subramanian testified.There's another issue threatening to undermine Musk's defence. He hadn't locked up the financing for his proposed deal or even pinned down down how much would be needed to pull it off, based on testimony from Musk, other witnesses and other evidence.weets were false and has instructed the jury to view them that way.

That was reinforced in testimony from Tesla's former chief financial officer, Deepak Ahuja, who was at the discussions and took al-Rumayyan on a half-hour tour of a Tesla factory.

 

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