[pawpawrick]

He’d have gone broke without massive government subsidies. Take away the taxpayer funding and all the ‘green’ companies ultimately fail.

[PlateOfShrimp]

I agree, but he’s on the side of the angels on this one.

[SmokingJoe]

Musk has founded at least 4 great companies that I know of, including PayPal and Space X. He was rich before Tesla. He'll still be rich even without Tesla.
Big mistake locating any factory in California. Fortunately, he can always move out, like thousands of firms already have.