Why not? Musk is much smarter than Ponzi and knows when to cash out. If he were really smart he would resign as CEO and Chairman, leave the Tesla board and quietly disappear.
Elon’s core goal is, indeed, to get 100,000 people on Mars - preferably within his lifetime.
He’s not trying to get rich for the sake of getting rich, he’s trying to get rich because building a self-sustaining city on another planet takes staggering amounts of cash.
“Meredith Vickers : My company paid a trillion dollars to find this place and to bring you here. Had you raised the monies yourself, Mr. Holloway, we’d happily be pursuing your agenda. But you didn’t. And that makes you an employee.”
- Prometheus