Qi Wu
There are many popular people, and since he became the world's richest man, Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, has had more troubles.
Recently, Musk's "backyard" caught fire. SpaceX, a space exploration technology company, is an important part of Musk's wealth. However, several SpaceX employees recently jointly "forced the palace", calling on the company to draw a clear line with Musk's super-influencer image. SpaceX is very Several organizers who participated in the change event were soon fired.
In early June, Musk's remarks about the economic recession and his desire to lay off 10% of Tesla's workforce caused an uproar in the market. Half a month after Musk issued a layoff warning, Tesla has reduced recruitment and some employees have been laid off. be confirmed.
According to the Forbes wealth list, Musk is currently worth $213.9 billion, far exceeding the second-ranked Bezos’ worth of $138.4 billion, and is firmly sitting on the throne of the world’s richest man.
In recent years, the world's top billionaires have been divorced. Tesla Musk, Amazon Bezos, and Microsoft Gates have all divorced. Recently, Sergey Brin, the tenth-ranked Google co-founder on the Forbes wealth list, has divorced. According to the news, he is sitting on a wealth of about 601.1 billion yuan.
The "backyard" caught fire, and Musk was "forced to the palace"
A letter circulating on American social platforms showed that an "open letter to senior management" was widely circulated in SpaceX's internal chat system. The author of the letter encouraged colleagues to sign together and submit the letter to the company's president.
"In recent weeks, Musk's behavior in the public domain has been distracting and embarrassing for us at times, as he is seen as the face of SpaceX, our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, and his social media presence," the letter said. Every statement in the media is meant to be a public statement from the company. It is important that we make it clear that the information Musk publishes does not reflect our work, mission and values.”
The move to be jointly demarcated by the company's employees will undoubtedly embarrass Musk in public opinion.
Compared with the well-known Tesla, SpaceX, founded by Musk, has a pivotal position in the technology world, but it has always been relatively low-key.
The latest valuation of SpaceX is about $125 billion, and Musk, as the founder, accounts for nearly half of his equity.
SpaceX has fired "several employees" involved in the letter, according to a widely circulated internal company memo.
Musk has been very active on social media recently, such as being involved in sexual harassment incidents, issuing layoff warnings, promoting virtual currencies, discouraging home office work, and mocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates' beer belly.
Musk's comments on social platforms have sparked concerns among SpaceX employees, which are seen as detrimental to the company's image.
Musk slapped with sky-high claims
Musk is not only the wealthiest in the world, but also has the highest number of followers on social media and Twitter. He has more than 98 million followers and has outstanding influence.
An investor in Dogecoin, a virtual currency, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Musk and his Tesla and SpaceX for $258 billion, AFP reported on June 16.
The investor, who describes himself as a U.S. citizen who was defrauded by the Dogecoin cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, even asked for his lawsuit to be classified as a class action on behalf of people who have suffered losses from investing in Dogecoin since 2019.
Musk has mentioned "Dogecoin" on social platforms many times and praised it, and the price of the virtual currency has also fluctuated under the influence of Musk.
The above-mentioned investors believe that Musk’s actions have pushed up “Dogecoin’s price, market value, and trading volume,” so Musk, Tesla, and even SpaceX are listed in the lawsuit.
Recently, the price of virtual currency has been diving, and investors have suffered heavy losses. Many investors in “Dogecoin” blamed the losses on Musk’s bullish remarks on “Dogecoin”.
Musk's lawyers did not respond to the lawsuit, Reuters reported.
Another billionaire files for divorce
In addition to Musk, the recent news of the divorce of another co-founder of a technology giant and the world's top rich has sparked heated discussions.
According to multiple media reports on June 17, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has filed for divorce from his wife of four years, Shanahan.
The US "Business Insider" website shows that a document shows that in January this year, Brin, 48, filed a divorce paper with the court citing "irreconcilable differences".
Shanahan is Sergey Brin's second wife, who wed in November 2018 and have one child together.
According to public information, Shanahan is a lawyer and his mother is Chinese.
A partner at a San Francisco law firm believes that Brin and Shanahan may have signed a prenuptial agreement because the marriage was so young and details of the divorce may not be made public.
Sergey Brin ranks tenth in the Forbes rich list, with a fortune of $89.5 billion (about 601.1 billion yuan), ranking among Musk, Bezos, Bill Gates, Buffett, Larry Pay After waiting.
In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin co-founded Google, which is now Alphabet, and Sergey Brin is still one of the company's directors and major shareholders.
The news of the divorce of the world's top rich people always sparks heated discussions because people are more curious about how the huge wealth will be distributed after the rich people divorce.
When Amazon founder Bezos divorced his wife MacKenzie of 25 years in 2019, he paid a sky-high breakup fee of more than 30 billion US dollars, which was the most expensive divorce at the time. After the divorce, MacKenzie became the third largest in the world. Big female billionaire.
On May 3, 2021, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda announced that they would end their 27-year marriage. It is reported that Melinda and Gates have not signed a prenuptial agreement, and they will divide their assets according to a separation agreement.
Some people speculate that Bill Gates may give Melinda half of his wealth of more than 100 billion US dollars. After the division, it will break the record of Bezos' divorce and division of property.
Musk, the founder of SpaceX and CEO of Tesla, has also had many marriages, but Musk will sign a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement every time he gets married. Even the division of divorced property is relatively limited, and the divorce has not affected his wealth.