Elon Musk is charismatic and spins wonderful fantasies. He was able to induce investors, lenders and government to invest over $30 billion dollars in his car company Tesla that he claimed would produce over five thousand high quality electric , self driving vehicles per week that would revolutionize the auto industry. Alas it has not happened and the company continues to run up huge debts. Despite the fact that the investors and lenders will probably lose most of the capital invested, never see a return on investment, the company facing bankruptcy, Mr. Musk has managed to become a billionaire, with his wealth immunized from the failure of Tesla. Musk inherently understood PT Barnum, Mark Twain and HL Mencken.
Musk himself may be the largest investor in Tesla. He doesn’t take a salary either, just like Trump.
He also managed to land rocket boosters on a floating barge. An incredible engineering accomplishment.