Elon Musk said he will launch a leaderboard to track 'insanely dumb' government spending, and business leaders are weighing in

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Elon Musk has started crowdsourcing suggestions for government spending cuts.

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A 'Saturday Night Live' comedian said Elon Musk made her cry. She said she named him because he was 'rude' about the postelection show.

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Elon Musk and Chloe Fineman both appeared on an episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 2021.

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My 3 years at Tesla were the best and worst of my life

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Amanda Manley says her breaking point at Tesla was when she returned from maternity leave.

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It's official: Trump hands Musk efficiency role in new administration

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Elon Musk will help lead Trump's Department of Government Efficiency.

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A brief history of Elon Musk's pets, including a 'nasty' Yorkshire Terrier, a cat — and a hedgehog too

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  • Elon Musk said he once owned a "nasty, brutish" dog that liked biting people on the ankle. 
  • The Tesla CEO has occasionally posted about his pets, including dogs and a cat, on social media.
  • Here's a list of some of Musk's pets, including one that inspired a crypto meme coin.
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Sam Altman thanks Elon Musk for helping to initially bankroll OpenAI — and says now is a great time for tech founders

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Sam Altman said he was "very grateful" to Elon Musk for cutting OpenAI an early check.

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Elon Musk and MAGA's next big fight: Who replaces Mitch McConnell?

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Elon Musk and a variety of MAGA-aligned figures are loudly backing Florida Sen. Rick Scott to be the next Senate Majority Leader.

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Meet the 16 people in the $100 billion club — who are jointly worth more than Amazon or Google

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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, and Bill Gates are all members of the $100 billion club.

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Internal Tesla salary database shows Elon Musk's strategy: Lower salaries, bigger stock grants

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An internal salary database shows that the company offers lower base salaries than its tech and automotive peers but offers substantial stock grants.

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Internal Tesla database shows why workers might accept lower salaries

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Business Insider secured access to an internal Tesla pay database, covering nearly 100,000 employees as of December 2021. Correspondent Grace Kay explains why employees working for Elon Musk's company might accept salaries lower than what they could earn at other top tech corporations or major car manufacturers.

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