Tesla

“Musk really had put all of his net worth into rocket and electric car ventures. And in August, 2008, He had almost nothing to show for it. His rocket company had produced a litany of failures and Tesla was equally cash strapped and only just beginning to sell …”

“He actually bought Tesla shares at IPO.”

“Andre Carpathie who worked for Elon at Tesla notes that Elon spends about 50% of his time talking directly to engineers, not to VP summarizing engineering work.”