Walter Isaacson reveals how he shadowed Elon Musk and details billionaire's brutal treatment of workers, impulsive decisions and chaotic romantic life in a new biography.
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk distilled, from fierce mood swings and Ukraine intervention to his ‘dumb’ Pelosi tweet and that time he had the 405 repainted.But it also delves into how Musk’s abusive father and childhood bullying in South Africa
Controversially, Musk shared — and Isaacson published — encrypted messages with a top Ukrainian official over limits on the Starlink communications satellites that Space X was donating to foil Russian hackers. In April 2022, on the day Twitter’s board accepted Musk’s offer to buy the company, Isaacson assumed a celebration would take place. “But oh no, it was [rush] down to Boca Chica to deal with a methane leak on a Raptor engine,” he said.
Musk would often lapse into long reflective reveries, and the biographer would learn not to interrupt.
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