Max Levchin told Elon Musk's biographer about the difficulties of working with the maverick billionaire.
In the early days of PayPal, Musk suggested an arm-wrestle to resolve an argument over software.
AdvertisementAdvertisement"Eventually you will see it my way," an unwavering Musk told Levchin, according to the biography.
But rather than a discussion about the pros and cons, Musk told Levchin late one evening: "You know what – I will arm-wrestle you for it."
Levchin told Isaacson he though this was "the stupidest imaginable way to settle a software-coding disagreement."
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Max Levchin, Elon Musk's, Musk, Levchin, Elon Musk, Musk's, Peter Thiel, Walter Isaacson's, Isaacson, Paul Sakuma, Vaughn Ridley, Sportsfile, Elon, X.com, Thiel, — Elon
Organizations:
PayPal, Service, Confinity, Microsoft, Twitter
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Wall, Silicon, Levchin, Toronto