Elon Musk does not appreciate being reminded of the story of his father’s emerald mine.
Even to the point of considering as ” fake » a story that had yet been told… by himself!
Elon Musk doesn’t understand what people are talking about
Elon Musk is surely the most prominent entrepreneur in recent years in the world. Despite certain controversial aspects of his personality, which are expressed on his Twitter account, the businessman has many exceptional achievements to his credit. PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX… His CV has something to envy.
However, it seems that this is not enough for Elon Musk, who also wishes to appear as a self-made man complete. However, a little story is a stain in this legend: the emerald mine owned at one time by his father. Anecdote today, in 2023, considered by the South African as simply ” fake “.
But then, where would this fake news persistent? Well, unfortunately for Elon Musk, by himself. More precisely from an interview given to Forbes in 2014, where he said: It sounds slightly crazy, but my father also owned shares in an emerald mine in Zambia. “.
An interview… that disappeared
An interview that has since surprisingly disappeared from the site of Forbes. It did exist, however, as confirmed by the journalist who then led it, Jim Clash, to Futuristic. The latter does not explain the withdrawal of the internet from this interview.
Reasons could legitimize Elon Musk’s denials. Indeed, several (genuine) fake news emerged from this interview. Some thus located the emerald mine in the neighboring country of South Africa, others would like to make the mine the asset that generated the capital necessary for Elon Musk’s first companies.
If most of these stories are fantasies, mine did exist, and shows that Elon Musk comes from a fairly privileged background. Wouldn’t the best for the ex-richest man in the world be to make peace with this heritage and to assume it, which would not detract from the merit of subsequent achievements?
Sources: Futuristic, The Verge
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