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Technically, Musk is no founder of Tesla, since it was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning
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Technically, sure. But it was founded in July 2003, Musk bought in on February 2004, and it shipped its first car in 2012. So there wasn't much he wasn't involved with.
Why can't a person be both a successful businessman and a colossal douchebag? Isn't "he's a terrible human being" sufficient? I would think that should be.
I think a more informative question would be "Why can't a person be both a successful businessman and not a colossal douchebag?"
Historically, it seems that the same characteristics that make people colossal douchebags also help make them successful businessmen. There was a study a few years back that showed a lot of CEOs were psychopaths, for example. Being willing to take advantage of people and having a driven workaholic personality helps people climb that corporate ladder.