Before completing the acquisition of Twitter, billionaire Elon Musk had dinner with Parag Agarwal, who was the company's CEO at the time, but found one important leadership trait lacking in him. Walter Isaacson, a writer who spent three years following the Tesla CEO for his biography "Elon Musk," has made this information public. The world's richest man, Elon Musk, reveals what Mr. Agarwal lacked in an excerpt from the book that has been published in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), coupled with information about their encounter in March.
Mr. Musk responded, "He's a really nice guy," but according to Mr. Isaacson, who wrote the WSJ article, one of Mr. Musk's maxims is that managers shouldn't try to win people over.
Twitter's again lath armchair Bret Taylor was additionally present at the banquet meeting, Mr Isaacson added said.
Both Mr Musk and Mr Agarwal exchanged affable letters afterwards the meeting, which were appear in September 2022 as allotment of the accusation Cheep filed adjoin Mr Musk.
"Hey Elon - abundant to be affiliated directly. Would adulation to chat," Agrawal wrote in a bulletin to Musk on March 27, 2022.
"Great banquet :)," Mr Musk responded.
But things went decline in April aback Mr Musk blaze off a cheep from Hawaii, "Most of these 'top' accounts cheep rarely and column actual little content. Is Cheep dying?"
After 90 minutes, Mr Agarwal beatific Mr Musk a argument message: "You are chargeless to cheep 'Is cheep dying?' or annihilation abroad about Twitter, but it's my albatross to acquaint you that it's not allowance me accomplish Cheep bigger in the accepted context."
Though the bulletin was affable and anxiously worded, Mr Musk attempt back, "What did you get done this week?" It was the ultimate Musk put-down, as per the WSJ report.
The billionaire additionally said in addition message, "I'm not abutting the board. This is a decay of time. Will accomplish an action to booty Cheep private."
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