Opinions are divided on Tesla boss Elon Musk.
For quite a few, the entrepreneur who calls himself the “Technoking of Tesla” is something of a modern-day version of the legendary King Midas, who turned everything he touched into gold.
Or at least he was for a long time.
The skepticism that greets his offer for the short message service Twitter, which is rather manageable in economic terms, lacks the enthusiasm of earlier days on the stock exchange.
It seems all too obvious that Musk's interest is less technical or commercial than personal and less about Twitter than the ego of the Tesla boss.
A need for a protective, admired ego is understandable from well-known bullying attacks of his youth, as is Musk's successful attempt to show greatness to the world.
But in the event of success, egos often grow excessively and move further and further away from a person's actual ability to perform.
The desire to keep moving something big without giving up control of what has been achieved often enough leads to overconfidence.
It is not known whether this moment has already come for Musk or whether it will come at all.
What is certain, however, is that the Twitter takeover is a risk: for his reputation and that of his company.
It is to be hoped, for him and the shareholders, that in the end it will not be like in the old legend: "King Midas has donkey's ears."