Billionaires’ Twitter Spat Moves on After Gates Downplays Shorting Tesla’s Stock

Billionaires’ Twitter Spat Moves on After Gates Downplays Shorting Tesla’s Stock
Bill Gates speaks during the Global Investment Summit at the Science Museum in London, on Oct. 19, 2021. Leon Neal/WPA Pool/Getty Images
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The public feud between two of the world’s richest people keeps unfolding as Elon Musk hit back at Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, who had just played down his tune on shorting Tesla stocks.

Despite claiming that Tesla’s done a fantastic job, Gates said during an interview with French YouTuber HugoDécrypte that he had paid out more tackling climate change than Musk—who then responded in one word—“Sigh”—via Twitter on June 4. The Tesla CEO has recently cast doubts on Gates’ goodwill in fighting climate change given the latter’s short position against the electric carmaker.
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