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by dhedberg 1325 days ago
I really do think it's the media you're consuming.

Here he thanks Tom Mueller: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1333544636137283586

Here he thanks some Tesla club members: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1211836235762880512

Here he thanks NASA for all the support over the years, "without which this would not have happened": https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1219127317957615617

Here he says that "Gwynne is the best": https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1538400836669296640

That's just a random collection I found with a couple of quick google searches.

If you have actually watched for example the starbase tours with Elon, it's difficult to claim that he isn't "involved": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t705r8ICkRw

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I didn't mean to say he wasn't involved at all, just that imho (which doesn't matter) most of these companies would be fine without him. He is a savvy business player, knows how to grab available resources as well as the spotlight. I don't see anyone heralding Bezos or a few other CEOs I could name to this level and he's quite a bit more successful.

Sidenote, all but a few of his twitter mentions of Shotwell are responses to mentions of her and it seems like he's injecting himself into the discussion.

Bezos famously has been trying to build orbital rockets for two decades and hasn't yet succeeded.

So there must be some difference between them on this point.