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{{Infobox person|name=Elon Musk|birth_name=Elon Reeve Musk|birth_date=June 28, 1971|birth_place=[[Pretoria]], [[Transvaal]], [[South Africa]]|image=Elon Musk.png}} | {{Infobox person|name=Elon Musk|birth_name=Elon Reeve Musk|birth_date=June 28, 1971 (aged 51)|birth_place=[[Pretoria]], [[Transvaal]], [[South Africa]]|image=Elon Musk.png}} | ||
'''Elon Musk''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[billionaire]] and oligarch who owns [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], [[PayPal Holdings, Inc.|PayPal]], and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kevin Reed|newspaper=[[WSWS]]|title=Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse|date=2022-11-19|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/19/uoyw-n19.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120065116/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/19/uoyw-n19.html|archive-date=2022-11-20|retrieved=2022-11-20}}</ref> He was born in [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]] and has a net worth of $246 billion as of May 2022, making him the richest person in the world.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Forbes]]|title=Elon Musk|date=2022-05-01|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?sh=4e94e8a87999|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> In April 2022, he announced his plan to buy [[Twitter]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Giles Turner, Maxwell Adler|newspaper=[[Bloomberg]]|title=Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private|date=2022-04-14|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> | '''Elon Musk''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[billionaire]] and oligarch who owns [[Tesla, Inc.|Tesla]], [[PayPal Holdings, Inc.|PayPal]], and [[Twitter]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Kevin Reed|newspaper=[[WSWS]]|title=Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse|date=2022-11-19|url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/19/uoyw-n19.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120065116/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/11/19/uoyw-n19.html|archive-date=2022-11-20|retrieved=2022-11-20}}</ref> He was born in [[Republic of South Africa|South Africa]] and has a net worth of $246 billion as of May 2022, making him the richest person in the world.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=[[Forbes]]|title=Elon Musk|date=2022-05-01|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?sh=4e94e8a87999|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> In April 2022, he announced his plan to buy [[Twitter]].<ref>{{News citation|author=Giles Turner, Maxwell Adler|newspaper=[[Bloomberg]]|title=Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private|date=2022-04-14|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-14/elon-musk-launches-43-billion-hostile-takeover-of-twitter|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> | ||
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Elon Musk is a Statesian billionaire and oligarch who owns Tesla, PayPal, and Twitter.[1] He was born in South Africa and has a net worth of $246 billion as of May 2022, making him the richest person in the world.[2] In April 2022, he announced his plan to buy Twitter.[3]
His company Tesla has been accused of spying on workers to prevent their unionizing,[4] allowing rampant sexual harassment of women[5] and racism against black workers,[6] and having terrible working conditions in the factories.[7] Since 2006, at least 160 worker lawsuits have been filed against the company, many related to racial and sexual harassment.[6]
Musk bought Twitter in October 2022 and quickly began mass firing of its workers.[8]
Imperialism
Elon Musk admitted to promoting the 2019 CIA-backed coup in Bolivia on Twitter.[9]
References
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2022-11-19). "Musk’s attack on Twitter workers brings company to the brink of collapse" WSWS. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ↑ "Elon Musk" (2022-05-01). Forbes. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ Giles Turner, Maxwell Adler (2022-04-14). "Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private" Bloomberg. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Union accuses Tesla of spying on workers at Buffalo plant" (2021-06-20). The Buffalo News.
- ↑ "Tesla worker files suit over 'nightmarish' harassment" (2021-11-19). BBC.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Horrific allegations of racism prompt California lawsuit against Tesla" (2022-02-11). Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Tesla factory workers reveal pain, injury and stress: 'Everything feels like the future but us'" (2017-05-18). The Guardian.
- ↑ Kevin Reed (2022-11-04). "Elon Musk begins mass layoffs at Twitter" WSWS. Archived from the original on 2022-11-12. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ↑ "Elon Musk Confesses to Lithium Coup in Bolivia" (2020-07-25). TeleSur. Retrieved 2022-05-01.