Decryption

Elon Musk, a billionaire with unlimited ambitions?

Audio 7:30 p.m.

American businessman Elon Musk, on December 1, 2020 in Berlin, for the Axel Springer Media Awards ceremony.

AP - Britta Pedersen

By: Clementine Pawlotsky

1 min

He has just made a (very) remarkable entry into the restricted club of the kings of social networks.

The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has just acquired Twitter for $44 billion.

The American entrepreneur, born in South Africa, says he wants to defend freedom of expression on the platform with 200 million users.

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If the news has created a real political and media storm, Elon Musk is regularly talked about.

A formidable businessman, he was able to impose - over the years - his own vision of progress.

From electric cars with his company Tesla to the conquest of space with Space X, passing through humanoid robots with Optimus, his credo is clear: always push back the frontiers of new technologies.

How far will Elon Musk's ambitions go?

Decryption with: 

- Olivier Lascar

, editor-in-chief of the digital department of 

and author of 

- Arnaud Saint-Martin

, sociologist, researcher at the

, author of the article “

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