PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Elon Musk said in a tweet that it’s “time to break up Amazon ,” citing the eCommerce giant’s monopoly as a reason to take action. Bloomberg reported that the statement will escalate a feud between Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , whom Musk tagged in the tweet. “Monopolies are wrong!”

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Investments 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Elon Musk said in a tweet that it’s “time to break up Amazon ,” citing the eCommerce giant’s monopoly as a reason to take action. Bloomberg reported that the statement will escalate a feud between Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos , whom Musk tagged in the tweet. “Monopolies are wrong!”

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Investments 52

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

He has a fascinating background in technology and software, and is interested in all sorts of interesting things, ranging from climate change to humanism, to the huge transitions that humans have gone through as a species and what it means to society, investing, scarcity and just the quality of life that we will enjoy as a species.

Valuation 117

Valuation Investments Marketing Technology 117

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In fact, at Tesla, a company that I have valued at regular intervals over the last decade, the question of what Elon Musk adds or detracts from value has become more significant over time, rather than fading. Staying at the top, CEOs for companies often become entwined with their companies, especially as their tenure lengthens.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

As the world knows, Elon Musk sent a short missive – over Twitter, where all the missives are short – that he was considering a go-private deal, with an attendant price tag of about $72 billion, or at $420 a share, where the stock ended last Monday at around $356. The biggest splash may have been made with Tesla.

Valuation 40

Valuation Currencies Leverage Investments 40

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Can I just tag along? So he bought a hundred million dollars of Twitter a year before Musk buys it at like $20 a share. Well, last week Amazon has announced they’re making a 4 billion up to $4 billion investment and it’s a minority stake. What could go wrong? And he did the deal. He was that fascinating.

Math 60

Math Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 60

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

How does a kid from Arizona, from Phoenix, get interested in venture investing, not exactly known as a hotbed of early-stage tech companies. LINDZON: So now the one lucky investment that I made, and it was a dumb investment, much like the dumb investments people made in ’21. So in 1999, I invested in this.

Leverage 111

Leverage Investments Valuation Finance 111