Gates, the world's third richest man after Musk and Jeff Bezos, took a shot earlier this year at the Tesla CEO after the electric vehicle maker announced taking a $1.5 billion stake in Bitcoin.
I have nothing but positive things to say about Elon, if he makes Twitter worse, fine, I'll speak out about that, but I wouldn't assume that's what's going to happen,'
'I don't think whether one's short or long Tesla is a statement about your seriousness about climate change,' he added 'I applaud Tesla's role in helping with climate change. 'It's possible the stock went down and whoever shorted the stock made money, I don't know,' he said. Gates also refused to say whether or not he personally shorted Tesla, saying that climate change was a focus of the Gates Foundation. Last month Musk dissed Gates' gut on Twitter posting a photo of the Microsoft mogul alongside Apple's controversial pregnant man emoji 'in case you need to kill a boner.' Gates also added that he has not taken Musk's recent tweets about him personally. Gates also refused to say whether or not he personally shorted Tesla 'It's possible the stock went down and whoever shorted the stock made money, I don't know'
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The South African-born billion has said his purchase of Twitter is motivated primarily by a wish to restore the app as a place for the free exchange of ideas, and has repeatedly said he wants to move away from 'censorship' and err on the side of free speech. I kind of doubt that'll happen this time but we should have an open mind and never underestimate Elon.'īut Gates did question Musk's intentions with the app. His track record with Tesla and Space X is pretty mind-blowing at putting together a great team of engineers and taking people who work in those fields in a less bold way and really showing them up. 'He actually could make it worse,' Gates said. Gates said that while Musk has a good track record, he could make misinformation on the platform worse. On Wednesday, Gates spoke at The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit and was asked about Musk's potential impact on Twitter following his $44 billion acquisition of the social media platform last month. Microsoft founder Bill Gates warned that his billionaire rival Elon Musk could potentially make Twitter a worse platform - and refused to say whether or not he shorted Tesla, as Musk has alleged.