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☆ Google cofounder apparently tried to dodge the famous selfie Elon Musk took after the Tesla CEO denied having a one-night stand with his wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

WSJ published a story last year that cited sources alleging Elon Musk slept with Sergey Brin's wife. Musk denied the affair, saying the two remained friends and shared a selfie of the two at a party. The new Elon Musk biography reveals that Musk forced the selfie, which Brin tried to dodge. Both Musk and Shanahan denied any affair took place. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Right after the story broke, they were at a party together, and Musk maneuvered himself into a position where he could take a selfie with Brin, which Brin tried to avoid," Isaacson states.

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☆ Elon Musk and his siblings hated one of their mom's boyfriends so much that they put tiny firecrackers in his cigarettes that exploded, book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Musk siblings hated a man Maye Musk was dating so much they put firecrackers in his cigarettes. Maye Musk dated the man after she divorced Errol Musk, Walter Isaacson wrote. Isaacson's book, "Elon Musk," details the billionaire's childhood and the strained relationship between his parents. AdvertisementAdvertisementMaye Musk and Errol Musk were married for nine years and are also parents to Kimbal Musk and Tosca Musk. AdvertisementAdvertisementMaye Musk and Errol Musk didn't immediately reply to a request for comment for this story, which was made outside of normal working hours.

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☆ Elon Musk arm-wrestled his business partner to settle PayPal software dispute: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Polly Thompson | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

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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☆ Elon Musk's friends 'staged an intervention' when he said he wanted to start his own rocket company and made him watch videos of rockets exploding
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk's friends held an intervention to stop him starting a rocket company, according to a new book. His college friend made him watch videos of rockets blowing up and warned him he'd lose his money. "When Musk decided he wanted to start his own rocket company, his friends did what true friends do in such a situation: they staged an intervention," journalist Walter Isaacson wrote in the book, titled "Elon Musk." "They made me watch a reel of rockets exploding, because they wanted to convince me that I would lose all my money," Musk told Isaacson. "I wanted to hold out hope that humans could be a space-faring civilization and be out there among the stars," he told Isaacson.

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☆ Elon Musk said that he had to take 'random drug tests for a couple of years' after smoking weed on the Joe Rogan podcast: 'Fortunately, I really don't like doing illegal drugs'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk told his biographer that he "really" doesn't like taking illegal drugs. Musk famously smoked weed with Joe Rogan in 2018, and says he was subjected to random drug tests afterwards. "SpaceX was a NASA contractor, and they are big believers in the law," Musk told Isaacson. Musk told Isaacson that he had believed he'd done nothing wrong and only agreed to settle to stop Tesla from going bankrupt. "I was forced to concede to the SEC unlawfully," Musk told Isaacson.

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☆ Elon Musk had just $4,000 when he moved to Canada and shared a room with 5 other people: book
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk left South Africa in 1989 with $4,000 from his parents, per Walter Isaacson's biography. His father, Errol Musk, "gave him $2,000 in traveler's checks" and his mother, Maye Musk, handed him $2,000. However, the biography also confirmed that Errol Musk did not actually own a mine. Isaacson said Errol Musk had swapped a light plane he owned for some emeralds. Errol Musk told Insider in an email: "I exchanged the Cessna 421 Golden Eagle for a share in the mine in 1985.

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U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall does not shy away from commenting on controversy — even as it relates to the world's richest person and a key Department of Defense contractor. The Air Force works with the company on a variety of missions, such as national security launches, but did not play a role in the use of Starlink in Ukraine when Musk made the decision last September. I think they were definitely donating their services essentially, so they had discretion," Kendall said in an interview with CNBC's Morgan Brennan from the Air Force Association's annual Air, Space & Cyber conference. The Pentagon now has a contract with SpaceX for Starlink services in Ukraine. We write agreements with those businesses, they get us what we need at a reasonable cost," said the Air Force secretary.

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☆ During stressful periods at work and in his personal life, Elon Musk would stay awake at night and vomit. He says working so hard has 'taken its toll.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Pete Syme | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I've been burning the candle at both ends with a flamethrower for a very long time," he told Isaacson. During this period, he also visited Aston Martin's CEO, who was dismissive of the EV movement, Isaacson wrote. Isaacson wrote that in the middle of the night, Musk would flail around and sleep-talk to himself. "Night after night, Musk sat upright on the edge of his bed next to Grimes, unable to sleep," Isaacson wrote. Michele Tantussi/Getty ImagesAs dawn came, Musk told her about his vision for Tesla's Autonomy Day.

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☆ Vladimir Putin called Elon Musk 'outstanding' and 'talented' just days after he admitted denying Ukraine's Starlink request in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vladimir Putin raved about Elon Musk at an event on Tuesday, calling him an "outstanding person." Musk denied a Ukrainian request for Starlink access in Crimea, thwarting a drone attack on Russia. "As far as private business and Elon Musk is concerned, he is undoubtedly an outstanding person," Putin said, per the Reuters translation. "If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation," Musk tweeted on September 7. There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol.

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☆ An enduring food favorite of Elon Musk across 3 decades is Jack in the Box's teriyaki bowl
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk's favorite dish there was the teriyaki bowl, which he ordered again when he revisited the chain along with Walter Isaacson. AdvertisementAdvertisement"I can still tell you every single menu item," Kimbal told Isaacson, "It's just seared into my brain." Musk told Isaacson, "I'm supposed to be fasting now, but I just have to get something here." Jack in the Box is a fast food chain founded in 1951. Musk isn't alone in loving fast food staples — Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are also self-declared fans of Coca-Cola.

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☆ Elon Musk's 'enraging qualities' are key to his success, says biographer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Some of CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk's most polarizing attributes may have also enabled his success so far, says biographer Walter Isaacson. That reckless streak can't be separated out from Musk's track record of innovation at companies like Tesla and SpaceX, Isaacson told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday. "I didn't believe in vacations. I didn't believe in weekends. I didn't believe the people I worked with should either," Gates said, adding that he didn't realize he needed to change until he became a dad.

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☆ Elon Musk's ex-wife told his biographer that deep inside the Tesla CEO 'is this manchild still standing in front of his father'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Isaacson said Musk's second wife, Talulah Riley, said inside Musk is a manchild standing before his father. His newest opus, a biography of Elon Musk, was released on Tuesday. "Love and family are kind of associated with those psychological torments" for Musk, Riley told Isaacson. AdvertisementAdvertisementIsaacson himself described Errol Musk on the podcast as "psychologically problematic and difficult." Errol Musk added that he had learned about the entire incident from the headmaster of Elon Musk's school at the time.

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☆ Elon Musk chalked up his baseless tweet about Nancy Pelosi's husband to a tendency to post 'some things that are going to be stupid'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk didn't feel too bad about tweeting a baseless conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi, according to a new book. "I am who I am," Musk reportedly said during a series of meetings with Twitter staff and advertisers. "I'm going to tweet some things that are going to be stupid," Musk also reportedly said. "I am who I am," biographer Walter Isaacson quotes Musk as saying during a series of meetings. "My Twitter account is an extension of me personally, and, like, I'm going to tweet some things that are going to be stupid, and I'm going to make mistakes.

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☆ Elon Musk and Grimes thought of changing the name of their daughter to Andromeda Synthesis Story Musk but just ended up calling her Y
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk and Grimes cycled through multiple names for their daughter, per Musk's new biography. Both wanted to call her Sailor Mars, after the anime character, before settling on Exa Dark Sideræl. But they contemplated changing her name to Andromeda Synthesis Story Musk earlier this year. Musk shares three children with Grimes — elder son X Æ A-Xii, known as X; daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, known as Y; and younger son Techno Mechanicus , known as Tau. Besides his Grimes' children, the billionaire has twins with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis , and five older children with his ex-wife, Justine Musk .

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☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with billionaire investor Ron Baron on betting big on Elon Musk and Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with billionaire investor Ron Baron on betting big on Elon Musk and TeslaBaron Capital CEO Ron Baron joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Walter Isaacson's recent book on Elon Musk, his stock picks for the rest of the year, and more.

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☆ Investor Ron Baron on trusting Elon Musk after making big bets on Tesla and SpaceX
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestor Ron Baron on trusting Elon Musk after making big bets on Tesla and SpaceXRon Baron, Baron Capital chairman and CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Walter Isaacson's recent book on Elon Musk, Baron's thoughts on the innovator, and a story Baron remembers about Elon Musk.

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☆ Elon Musk was upset Bezos did not invite him to visit Blue Origin's factory, after Bezos toured SpaceX in 2004, a new book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Musk's SpaceX and Bezos' Blue Origin have been one-upping each other in a billionaire space race. A new biography of Musk says he was upset with Bezos for not receiving a reciprocal invite to tour Blue Origin's factory after Bezos toured SpaceX. After that, Bezos sent Musk an invite, and the pair shared a dinner that seemingly did not go over well. In 2020, SpaceX completed its first manned spaceflight, while Blue Origin did the same — with Jeff Bezos on board — in 2021. After the tour, Musk sent a "curt" email to Bezos about his annoyance over not having been reciprocally invited to see Blue Origin's factory, per Isaacson.

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☆ Elon Musk told biographer that Trump is 'the world champion of bullshit'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk told his biographer that he's "not Trump's fan." Musk, according to Walter Isaacson's new book, also called the former president "the world champion of bullshit." According to Isaacson, Musk approached Trump's election with cautious optimism that later vanished. "Trump might be one of the world's best bullshitters," Musk told Walter Isaacson, according to Isaacson's "Elon Musk." "I'm not Trump's fan," Musk told Isaacson.

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☆ Elon Musk wanted to build a house that looked like it 'fell out of space,' new book reveals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Elon Musk bought a horse farm in Texas near Tesla's Gigafactory, author Walter Isaacson wrote. The biographer said Musk envisioned a house that looked like "something fell out of space." The Wall Street Journal has reported Musk was building a glass house, but he has denied the reports. "He needs a place where his sole resides and that's what the horse farm will be for him." At the time, Musk denied living in the modular house, saying that he lives in a different small house in Texas.

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☆ Ukraine just carried out the same kind of strike on Russia's navy that Elon Musk blocked, believing it could start a nuclear war
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's the same kind of strike Elon Musk sabotaged in 2022, fearing it'd cause nuclear war. What's been notably absent in the wake of Tuesday's strike is any sign of the massive escalation from Russia that Musk said he acted to prevent. AdvertisementAdvertisementAntonov, Isaacson writes, persuaded Musk that an attack on Sevastopol would trigger a nuclear response from Russia under the state's military doctrine. Russian President Vladimir Putin and top Kremlin officials have repeatedly menaced Ukraine and the West with the prospect of a nuclear attack. Yet Ukraine has continued to attack the territory, and even seized some of it back from Russia, without triggering the nuclear response Putin threatened.

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☆ Elon Musk's control of Starlink gives him unchecked power over elected governments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Elon Musk's control over Starlink is in the spotlight after he thwarted a Ukrainian attack. "If the Ukrainian attacks had succeeded in sinking the Russian fleet, it would have been like a mini Pearl Harbor and led to a major escalation," Musk told Isaacson. (Musk later reassured a Russian ambassador that Ukraine would not be able to use Starlink for offensive operations, according to Isaacson). AdvertisementAdvertisementAs Ukrainian officials see it, sinking Russia's fleet, if that was indeed a possibility, would have prevented hundreds of missiles from raining down on the country's infrastructure, and spared civilian lives. Even if it wanted to change Musk's mind, it is not clear that it can actually compel him to do anything when it comes to Ukrainian attacks on territory controlled by Russia.

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☆ Insider Today: Apple's new iPhone is here
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. But the show's real stars were the new versions of Apple's iPhone and Apple Watch. But if you were hoping a new iPhone will send Apple's stock soaring, think again. Prior to Tuesday's event, Apple's shares fell an average of 0.2% on days a new iPhone was announced, according to Barron's. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.

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CNN —Two Russian warships were damaged after Ukraine launched an extensive assault on a Russian ship repair base in Crimea early Wednesday morning, officials said, in what appears to be Kyiv’s most ambitious strike on the port since the war began. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian armed forces attacked the Sergo Ordzhonikidze shipyard in Sevastopol, which Russia uses as a repair base for its Black Sea Fleet, with 10 cruise missiles and three unmanned boats. But Russian officials confirmed that the attack had damaged two Russian warships and left 24 people injured. An ambulance leaves the area next to the shipyard in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 13, 2023. Stringer/ReutersAnother prominent Russian military blogger said the attack on the Sevastopol shipyard was carried out by the Ukrainian Air Force, which launched 10 Storm Shadow cruise missiles at the facility.

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☆ Elon Musk once caught malaria on safari and was 'hours from death,' book says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Polly Thompson | Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Walter Isaacson's biography of Elon Musk shines new light on the world's richest person. Musk once took a safari during a vacation to his native South Africa but contracted malaria. Walter Isaacson, whose biography of Elon Musk was published this week, was given access to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO over the past two years. AdvertisementAdvertisementPeter Thiel and Elon Musk with X.com credit in October 2000. Recalling the ordeal earlier this year, Elon Musk and his mother, Maye, tweeted that "modern medicine" had saved his life.

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☆ Elon Musk says Joe Biden and the US government are the ones to blame for the Crimea Starlink debacle, not him
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian officials have slammed Elon Musk for not allowing Ukraine to access Starlink satellites. Musk said the US government did not give him the OK to turn on Starlink access in Crimea. Musk said he would have given Ukraine access to the satellites if Biden gave the green light. Access to Starlink in the territory near Crimea was "turned off" because the US has sanctions against Russia, Musk said. AdvertisementAdvertisementMusk did not specify who turned Starlink access off, or when exactly it was turned off.

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