Elon Musk | |
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| Born | Elon Reeve Musk June 28, 1971 Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa |
Elon Musk is a Statesian billionaire and oligarch who owns Tesla and PayPal. 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.[1] In April 2022, he announced his plan to buy Twitter.[2]
His company Tesla has been accused of spying on workers to prevent their unionizing,[3] allowing rampant sexual harassment of women[4] and racism against black workers,[5] and having terrible working conditions in the factories.[6] Since 2006, at least 160 worker lawsuits have been filed against the company, many related to racial and sexual harassment.[5]
Imperialism
Elon Musk admitted to promoting the 2019 CIA-backed coup in Bolivia on Twitter.[7]
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.
- ↑ "Elon Musk Confesses to Lithium Coup in Bolivia" (2020-07-25). TeleSur. Retrieved 2022-05-01.