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Iz-kan-reddit t1_iu5n16o wrote

Reply to comment by TheAres1999 in why Elon musk is A true Edison of our time ? by zaham_ijjan

>I guess without Musk investing his emerald money in the tech geniuses,

What emerald money. Musk has a lot of faults, but that's not a reason to make up bullshit.

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ultinateplayer t1_iu5v16h wrote

https://www.independent.co.uk/space/elon-musk-made-money-rich-b2212599.html

Musk "walked the streets of New York with emeralds in his pockets".

His seed money came from his dad, that money came from a profitable emerald venture amongst other things.

So that emerald money.

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Iz-kan-reddit t1_iu5y22n wrote

>Musk "walked the streets of New York with emeralds in his pockets".

As a teen, with daddy's emeralds, not his.

>His seed money came from his dad,

He disputes that, saying his dad didn't invest until a later funding round. In any case, it was $28K, which is a pittance when building a billion dollar fortune.

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