Elon Musk’s brother has revealed that he and the billionaire clashed over the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
Kimbal Musk, 50, stopped following his older brother on the platform, renamed X, because it was “too scary”, according to a new book.
He urged his brother, 52, to “stop falling for weird shit” online, and was not entirely supportive of his takeover of Twitter.
Musk’s brother told him about the acquisition: “It’s a button on the impact your company should have on the world,” according to the new book.
Tesla CEO Musk admitted that posting a tweet claiming that Nancy Pelosi’s husband fought with a prostitute when he was attacked in a home invasion was a “mistake.”
Kimbal Musk, 50, stopped following his older brother on the platform, renamed X, because it was “too scary”, according to a new book.
He urged his brother, 52, to “stop falling for weird shit” online, and was not entirely supportive of his takeover of Twitter.
He told author Walter Isaacson, who has been working on the autobiography for two years, that it was one of his “stupidest mistakes” – with his brother calling him an “idiot” over the gaffe. .
In the since-deleted tweet, Musk suggested that the House Speaker’s husband had left a San Francisco gay bar with David DePape before his attack.
Musk posted the theory in response to a tweet from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in which she claimed the attack on the 82-year-old was the fault of Republican “spokespeople” spreading “hate.” and deranged conspiracy theories.”
“There is a tiny possibility that there is more to this story than meets the eye,” the 51-year-old billionaire responded, sharing a link to a story published by an obscure news outlet called the Santa Monica Observer.
Isaacson reports in the book that Musk “said privately that this was one of his stupidest mistakes,” with his brother agreeing.
Following the acquisition of Twitter, the entrepreneur suddenly laid off half of the company’s workforce, or around 3,750 employees.
The company still owes $500 million in severance pay to its former employees, according to a lawsuit filed in July, with 80 percent of the staff being put on the chopping block after taking their jobs last year.
Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s benefits programs as “total rewards manager” before she was fired, has filed a potential class-action lawsuit in San Francisco federal court.
In the since-deleted tweet, Musk suggested that the House Speaker’s husband had left a San Francisco gay bar with David DePape before his attack.
Isaacson reported in the book that Musk “said privately that this was one of his stupidest mistakes,” with his brother agreeing.
DePape, 42, is accused of breaking into Pelosi’s $6 million home and attacking Paul Pelosi, 82, with a hammer as he shouted, ” Where is Nancy?
She claims that under a severance plan created by Twitter in 2019, most workers were promised two months of their base salary plus one week for each full year of service – while employees seniors like her owed six months of basic salary.
The lawsuit accuses Twitter and Musk of violating a federal law regulating employee benefit plans, leaving the company without an HR department.
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The company said it paid its former employees in full despite the series of lawsuits against Twitter.
