{"id":1448951,"date":"2022-04-21T11:26:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448951"},"modified":"2022-04-21T11:26:14","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:26:14","slug":"not-even-close-elon-musk-blows-up-claim-that-he-didnt-found-tesla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-even-close-elon-musk-blows-up-claim-that-he-didnt-found-tesla\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Even Close\u2019: Elon Musk Blows Up Claim That He Didn\u2019t Found Tesla"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-even-close-elon-musk-blows-up-claim-that-he-didnt-found-tesla%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1448951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1239416791.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk blew up the claim that he did not actually found electric vehicle company Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s richest man responded in a Twitter thread after entrepreneur Vaibhav Sisinty argued that Musk had simply \u201cacquired\u201d the company rather than founding it himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it,\u201d Sisinty tweeted. \u201cJust reminding.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Elon Musk was not the founder of Tesla. He acquired it.<\/p>\n<p>Just reminding \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaibhavSisinty\/status\/1517018734480994304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/tesla-dubs-elon-musk-its-technoking-in-new-sec-filings\/\">pushed back<\/a>, saying that what he had essentially acquired was an idea with no structure or resources behind it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot even close to that. It was a shell corp with no employees, no IP, no designs, no prototype, literally nothing but a biz plan to commercialize AC Propulsion\u2019s Tzero car, which was introduced to me by JB Straubel, *not* Eberhard,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cEven name \u2018Tesla Motors\u2019 was owned by others!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not even close to that. It was a shell corp with no employees, no IP, no designs, no prototype, literally nothing but a biz plan to commercialize AC Propulsion\u2019s Tzero car, which was introduced to me by JB Straubel, *not* Eberhard. <\/p>\n<p>Even name \u201cTesla Motors\u201d was owned by others!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517052799070126080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">If filing a shell corp constitutes \u201cfounding a company\u201d, then I\u2019d be the only founder of PayPal, since I filed the original incorporation docs for <\/span><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bOUOek5Cvy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X.com<\/a><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> (later renamed PayPal), but that\u2019s not what founding means,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517053535464181761\">continued<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Eberhard was fired unanimously by the board in July 2007 (for damn good reasons), no one left with him. That says it all,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517054436736126977\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk concluded by claiming that as long as the \u201closing party\u201d had enough spare time, history could always be changed on Wikipedia. \u201cThey say history is written by the victors, but not on Wikipedia if the losing party is still alive &#038; has lots of time on their hands!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They say history is written by the victors, but not on Wikipedia if the losing party is still alive &#038; has lots of time on their hands!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517055957209071617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sisinty later responded that his point had not been to downplay Musk\u2019s role at Tesla, but rather to suggest that the billionaire could have a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/snl-elon-musk-wants-to-buy-twitter-so-white-guys-can-say-the-n-word\/\">similar impact on Twitter<\/a> if he were successful in his bid to acquire that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I believe that <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@elon\u00a0<\/span><span>can actually \u2018tap into twitter\u2019s true potential\u2019 if he acquires it. Hence the tweet! For a company to do well, it needs a strong leader, usually the founder in most companies. Jack is out. Elon can be the one,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaibhavSisinty\/status\/1517085831009554432\">explained<\/a>\u00a0several hours later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sisinty later added one more tweet issuing an apology for tagging \u201cthe wrong\u201d Elon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oops, wrong <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> was tagged.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vaibhav Sisinty (@VaibhavSisinty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaibhavSisinty\/status\/1517149982645960704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the most recent reporting, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/musk-announces-hes-secured-funding-for-twitter-details-potential-next-move-to-work-around-unresponsive-board\/\">has secured<\/a>\u00a0the funding necessary to move forward with his plans to buy the social media site. As reported by The Daily Wire\u2019s Amanda Prestigiacamo, \u201cTesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed Thursday that he has received commitment letters for $46.5 billion in funding to purchase Twitter, as well as a workaround since the Twitter board has been unresponsive to the billionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s board has adopted a \u201climited duration shareholder rights plan\u201d in an effort to dilute Musk\u2019s power and stymie any immediate moves he could make to buy the company.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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