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    HALL OF INFAMY

    Nov 01, 2018 3 minutes

    ELON MUSK

    JOB: Leading high-tech entrepreneur and CEO

    REPUTATION: Snake-oil salesman for a corporate future

    First there was Bill Gates, then Steve Jobs. Now the latest corporate messiah to come out of Silicon Valley with all PR guns blazing is the iconoclastic Elon Musk. The South African-born wunderkind is the man behind Tesla, the world’s largest electronic car producer, and he has managed to privatize space travel through his multi-billion dollar SpaceX venture. Musk

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