Not long after Musk’s takeover of X, formerly known as Twitter, Bezos shared an article on X and asked whether the “town square” could feel pressure from China due to Musk’s deep business ties in the Asian superpower. However, Bezos himself posted a composed denial defending Musk soon after. “My own answer to this question is probably not. The more likely outcome in this regard is complexity in China for Tesla, rather than censorship at Twitter,” Bezos later added.
Late in 2021, when Musk again leapfrogged Bezos as the world’s richest man, he joked about sending him a consolation medal. “I’m sending a giant statue of the digit ‘2’ to Jeffrey B., along with a silver medal,” Musk wrote in an email to Forbes. But when it comes down to business, the jibes are brutal and the digs are more straightforward.
1/ In 2004, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos met for a meal to converse space.
It was one of their few in-person interactions.
The conversation they had perfectly captures the different approaches they’ve taken to space exploration.
Here’s the story 🧵 pic.twitter.com/g8hAsEj3d4
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) March 1, 2021
Amazon’s Prime Video division reportedly spent around a billion dollars on its ambitious streaming show “The Lod of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Musk was not too happy with the final result and made sure to vent it out publicly. “Tolkien is turning in his grave. Almost every male character so far is a coward, a jerk or both. Only Galadriel is brave, smart and nice,” Elon wrote on Twitter, per Variety.
Still, Bezos has had his moments, too, especially when it comes to Musk’s fascination with colonizing Mars. “My friends who want to advance to Mars? I say, ‘Do me a favor, go live on the top of Mount Everest for a year first, and see if you appreciate it — because it’s a garden paradise compared to Mars,” Bezos reportedly said at a private lecture, as reported by Business Insider.
