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☆ What it's like to work with a billionaire, according to ex-colleagues of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely
  + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jack Sommers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Past colleagues discussed working with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sara Blakely. Here, people who've worked alongside Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely talk about what it was like. After buying their company, Gates interrogated Williams and his colleagues about why their product was better than its Microsoft rival's. Reuters 'Girl next door' Sara Blakely was a 'creative genius'Lisa Magazine and Kenya Graham were personal and executive assistants, respectively, to Blakely, the Spanx founder. Read more: Elon Musk was a 'fun' boss but fired people on the spot if they disagreed with him, former Tesla manager says
Persons: Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Sara Blakely, they'd, —, who've, Gates, Alex Wong, Chris Williams, Williams, aul Ellis, Colin Bryar, Bryar, Bezos, I've, Blakely, Lisa, Kenya Graham, Graham, Read, Sara Blakely's, Musk, Dimitrios Kambouris, Elon, Carl Medlock, he'll, Medlock, didn't Organizations: Service, Elon, Microsoft, Amazon, Amazon VP, Reuters, Lisa Magazine, Kenya, Nordic Business, Getty Locations: Blakely, Atlanta, Medlock
☆ Elon Musk slept at his desk and fired people who disagreed with him, says a former Tesla manager who worked with the billionaire
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Medlock answered questions about what it was like working directly with CEO Elon Musk and shared new details about Musk's management style. Tesla, Medlock said, offered him a salary of about $120,000, along with 40,000 options at a strike price of 90 cents when he started at Tesla, which he estimated is equivalent to $50 million today. Medlock once saw Elon Musk sleeping on a deskIn response to claims that Musk works around the clock and even sleeps on the floor, Medlock shared that he once spotted Musk passed out on top of a desk and snapped a photo. Even in meetings, he added, Musk didn't waste time chatting and got straight to the point — he never saw his boss joke around with employees. 5.When his family was around, Musk was completely off-limits: "That's the side of Elon not everyone gets to see"Medlock said he admired the way Musk, who has nine children, prioritized time with his family.
☆ Elon Musk was a 'fun' boss but fired people on the spot if they disagreed with him, says former Tesla manager
  + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dorothy Cucci | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Medlock answered questions about what it was like working directly with CEO Elon Musk and shared new details about Musk's management style. He said Musk was "fun" to work with — but that his boss wasn't social, would fire people on the spot, and could be intimidating. Tesla, Medlock said, offered him a salary of about $120,000, along with 40,000 options at a strike price of 90 cents when he started at Tesla, which he estimated is equivalent to $50 million today. Even in meetings, he added, Musk didn't waste time chatting and got straight to the point — he never saw his boss joke around with employees. Medlock said Musk would fire people on the spot if they spoke out of lineDuring his early days at Tesla, Medlock said he was in a meeting when someone disagreed with Musk — he said he never saw the employee again.
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