Elon Musk is 'a jerk' and 'not caring' – but shares some traits with Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, his biographer says

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Elon Musk in Washington DC this month.

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Elon Musk learned social cues from reading books because he had no friends as a child

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Tom Mueller worked for Elon Musk at SpaceX for almost 20 years: 'I learned never to tell him no'

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Tom Mueller left SpaxeX to set up Impulse Space.

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Mr Nice guy: Elon Musk was originally going to be named after the French city where he was conceived, biography says

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Elon was also the name of Maye Musk's grandfather.

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Errol Musk denies berating his son after an attack at school put Elon Musk in hospital

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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

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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses on the red carpet of the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.

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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

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Elon Musk is close with his mother Maye Musk.
Maye Musk dated the man after she divorced Elon Musk's father Errol Musk, according to Walter 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'

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Elon Musk had just $4,000 when he moved to Canada and shared a room with 5 other people: book

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Elon Musk was 17 when he left South Africa.

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Elon Musk arm-wrestled his business partner to settle PayPal software dispute: book

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Elon Musk at Heidi Klum's Halloween party in 2022.

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