His own money.
If you had $5 billion from subsidies you would have lots of your own money, too.
That is the point.
Bezos did it without government (taxpayer) subsidies. He started Amazon (a private company with no taxpayer subsidies) and now funds his own space company.
Musk got rich on taxpayer subsidies, then used his “own” money from that and funded Spacex.
There’s a big difference. But don’t look behind the curtain!
Musk got rich on taxpayer subsidies, then used his “own” money from that and funded Spacex.
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Really?
Provide a timeline.