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by AstralStorm 1231 days ago
Both of those people are to some degree con artists. They take both credit and money as middlemen for running companies. In Musk's case, it's even more visible as every venture he directly managed (and was not managed out of by someone smarter) has failed, yet he has billions of dollars for his quality con. And he used a plenty of unearned means to kickstart his con.

Bezos is a bit harder. I would have to look in detail on his earlier history.