{"id":458698,"date":"2022-06-06T23:35:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/inside-bill-gates-and-elon-musks-billionaire-rivalry\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T23:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T20:35:25","slug":"inside-bill-gates-and-elon-musks-billionaire-rivalry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-bill-gates-and-elon-musks-billionaire-rivalry\/","title":{"rendered":"#Inside Bill Gates and Elon Musk&#8217;s billionaire rivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3527e1b122b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3527e1b122b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/inside-bill-gates-and-elon-musks-billionaire-rivalry\/#%E2%80%9CInside_Bill_Gates_and_Elon_Musks_billionaire_rivalry%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Inside Bill Gates and Elon Musk&#8217;s billionaire rivalry&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CInside_Bill_Gates_and_Elon_Musks_billionaire_rivalry%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Inside Bill Gates and Elon Musk&#8217;s billionaire rivalry&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>You would think the richest men in the world wouldn\u2019t need to resort to squabbling in public. But Elon Musk and Bill Gates <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently just can\u2019t help themselves. Celebrity billionaires feud on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> just like the rest of us. <\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, Bill Gates \u2014\u00a0at $133 billion, the fourth richest \u2014\u00a0told French YouTuber <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=s0T9-i4HXr4\">Hugo Decrypte<\/a> that he gives \u201ca lot more to climate change than Elon or anyone else.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk \u2014 the wealthiest, with a net worth of $210 billion \u2014 responded to the comment on Twitter with a single word: \u201cSigh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That latest move represents the escalation of a rivalry that has been going for years.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/05\/23\/exclusive-bill-gates-poured-millions-into-dark-money-fund-attacking-elon-musk\/\">Beitbart.com reported<\/a> on how the men\u2019s escalating war of words turned into a $100 million battle royale, claiming that\u201chundreds of millions of dollars [are] flowing from Bill Gates\u2019 foundation to 11 of the 26 organizations that signed an open letter last month urging Twitter advertisers to boycott the company if Elon Musk restores free speech on the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-gates-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"This past weekend, Bill Gates told French YouTuber Hugo Decrypte that he gives &quot;a lot more to climate change than Elon or anyone else&quot; \u2014 prompting Musk to reply: &quot;Sigh.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22550740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-gates-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-gates-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/bill-gates-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>This past weekend, Bill Gates told French YouTuber Hugo Decrypte that he gives \u201ca lot more to climate change than Elon or anyone else\u201d \u2014 prompting Musk to reply: \u201cSigh.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Jamie McCarthy<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This came on the heels of Musk, on April 22, tweeting an emoji of a man with a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/elon-musk-tries-to-sting-bill-gates-with-crude-pregnant-man-tweet\">pregnant-looking belly<\/a> alongside a photo of a pot-bellied Gates, and captioning it \u201cin case u need to lose a boner fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon, at times, has a juvenile sense of humor,\u201d Eric Berger, author of \u201cLiftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days that Launched SpaceX,\u201d told The Post. \u201cI\u2019m not sure it reflects well on him. But that is his personality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBill is an opinionated guy and so is Elon,\u201d Merlin Eller, a former Microsoft employee who co-authored \u201cBarbarians Led By Bill Gates,\u201d told The Post. \u201cSo [the spat] doesn\u2019t surprise me. But I don\u2019t think Bill particularly likes it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?w=815\" alt=\"Musk took to Twitter in April to compare Gates to an emoji.\" class=\"wp-image-22550742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1630 1630w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1223 1222w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=815 815w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=408 407w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-bill-gates-tweet02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\"\/><figcaption>Musk took to Twitter in April to compare Gates to an emoji.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Twitter\/Elon Musk<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Observers say the two tech titans clash in part because of their different views on how to interact with the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon is his own communications director \u2014 he fired his PR team \u2014 whereas Bill Gates is cushioned by a team of public relations experts,\u201d Nick Bilton, a Silicon Valley insider and author of \u201cHatching Twitter,\u201d told The Post. \u201cGates feels more presidential while Elon shoots from the hip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Musk] argues a lot,\u201d Berger said. \u201cHe thinks it is important to push back. Musk is combative \u2026 he says what is on his mind and does not have much of a filter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while they seem very different, they may secretly be a lot alike.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Author Eric Berger says Musk has a juvenile sense of humor.\" class=\"wp-image-22550797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Author Eric Berger says Musk has a juvenile sense of humor.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When former Bridgewater CEO Ray Dalio was writing his best-selling book \u201cPrinciples: Life and Work,\u201d he asked influential \u201cshapers\u201d \u2014 essentially, visionaries who can lead a team and build out ideas \u2014 including Gates and Musk to each\u00a0take an hour-long personality assessment test.\u00a0He later\u00a0revealed that these shapers have a lot in common.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cAt times, [shapers\u2019] extreme determination to achieve their goals can make them appear abrasive or inconsiderate, which was reflected in their test results,\u201d Dalio writes. The shapers also \u201cranked quite low\u201d in one key area: \u201cconcern for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On June 4, Musk Tweeted a meme with a dinosaur, a unicorn, a fire-breathing dragon and the words \u201cThe Epstein\/Maxwell client list\u201d with the caption \u201cThings I\u2019ll never see in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"737\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-grimes-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk, seen here with on-and-off girlfriend Grimes, and Gates both reportedly scored low on a personality assessment test when it came to &quot;concern for others.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-22553847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-grimes-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-grimes-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-grimes-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk, seen here with on-and-off girlfriend Grimes, and Gates both reportedly scored low on a personality assessment test when it came to \u201cconcern for others.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gates has admitted that he, regrettably, palled around with Epstein before the sex offender\u2019s 2019 suicide in jail.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaires\u2019 equivalent of a shoving match began heating up back in 2020 when Bill Gates expressed a distaste for Musk\u2019s Tesla automobiles. During an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=278904716565379\">Marques Brownlee on YouTube<\/a>, he talked about foregoing a Tesla for Porsche\u2019s electric car. Unable to let the diss pass, Elon Musk responded by describing Gates as \u201cunderwhelming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft insiders expressed surprise to Breitbart that Gates would use his charitable arm to derail Musk. Eller, too, figures that the Microsoft founder would be beyond going after Musk with such blunt force.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?w=807\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22553412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1614 1614w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1210 1210w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=807 807w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=403 403w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/elon-musk-tweet.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cLike any sane person, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/wsj-ceo-council\/card\/bill-gates-says-he-s-not-sure-of-elon-musk-s-goals-with-twitter-RT0kNzdL3l7aBp1km0K3\">Bill questions whether Twitter is a force for good<\/a>,\u201d Eller said. \u201cBut he is not one for triggering boycotts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That said, Gates is not shy about counter-punching when he believes that Musk has gotten out of line \u2014\u00a0like when the Tesla founder aligned himself with the disproven COVID-19 treatment hydroxychloroquine and trashed the idea of staying safe\u00a0during the pandemic by working at home.<\/p>\n<p>Going public with his opinions, Gates told CNBC\u2019s Squawkbox that \u201cElon\u2019s positioning is to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/07\/28\/bill-gates-lies-spread-faster-than-facts-on-social-media.html\">maintain a high level of outrageous comments<\/a>. He\u2019s not much involved in vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"776\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/spacex-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Gates says he's done more for climate change than Musk and his companies like Space X.\" class=\"wp-image-22553641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/spacex-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/spacex-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/spacex-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Gates says he\u2019s done more for climate change than Musk and his companies like Space X.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NASA via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Musk\u2019s Michael Jackson-referencing response, delivered on Twitter, was predictably unpredictable: \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/elon-musk-bill-gates-twitter-feud-billy-g-lover-covid19-comments-outrageous-1521580\">Billy G is not my lover<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Months later, Musk appeared on a podcast and called Gates a \u201cknucklehead,\u201d maintaining that he himself is far from ignorant about coronavirus. As if speaking directly to Gates, he said, \u201cWe actually make the vaccine machines for CureVac, the company you\u2019re invested in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And people who have worked with Gates said he\u2019s not always an easy collaborator. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in his company a dozen times, including board meetings, with hordes of powerful people from Bono to multi-millionaire titans of industry. Everyone would think we had come to an agreement, and Bill would suddenly speak up and say \u2018Oh no, I don\u2019t agree with this at all,&#8217;\u201d one powerful New Yorker told The Post. \u201cWe\u2019d all turn around and say, \u2018Wait a minute, isn\u2019t he supposed to be on our team?!\u2019 But in a social setting he could not be nicer.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Key to the rivalry is that Musk takes everything personal, insiders said, whereas, for Gates many decisions are just business. And, it seems, Musk doesn\u2019t get why the big daddy of Microsoft doesn\u2019t show him more respect.<\/p>\n<p>Things seemed to reach a fever pitch \u2014 and get financial \u2014 last month when Musk posted a Tweet stating that \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1517702987359133696?cxt=HHwWgIC5we20-48qAAAA\">Gates still had half billion short against Tesla.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, Gates \u2014 who has already bashed the idea of electric vehicles being \u201ca practical solution for things like 18-wheelers,\u201d which Tesla has on the market \u2014 was betting $500 million that Tesla\u2019s stock would go down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cElon was legitimately pissed that Gates shorted Tesla,\u201d said Bilton. \u201cHe see Tesla as something helping the climate and was legitimately annoyed that Gates, who purports to care about the climate, would short Tesla. Elon\u2019s thinking would be that if Gates is worth 10s of billions of dollars, why would he short Tesla, a company that is helping the climate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It led to an apparently testy text exchange that somehow got posted to Twitter \u2014 with Gates acknowledging his short position and asking Musk to \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/elon-musk-says-he-turned-down-charity-opportunity-with-bill-gates-over-their-differences-on-teslas-worth\/\">discuss philanthropy possibilities<\/a>.\u201d Musk told Gates that he can\u2019t take his \u201cphilanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amber-heard-elon-musk-2-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Musk, who dated Amber Heard for more than a year, enjoys poking fun at Gates publicly on Twitter.\" class=\"wp-image-22553963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amber-heard-elon-musk-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amber-heard-elon-musk-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/amber-heard-elon-musk-2-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Musk, who dated Amber Heard for more than a year, enjoys poking fun at Gates publicly on Twitter.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGates shorting Tesla may or may not have an impact on the stock [and, therefore, on Musk\u2019s tenuous standing as the world\u2019s richest man],\u201d said Berger. \u201cBut Elon hates shorts and if you want to get a response from him, short Tesla\u2019s stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Berger sees it, \u201cMusk thinks he is doing more than anyone on the planet to improve climate change. He thinks it is disingenuous for Gates to criticize Tesla.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through it all, America\u2019s other high-profile billionaire, Jeff Bezos (second richest, with $132.8 billion), has managed to fly above the fray.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bezos-05.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Insiders say Bezos has an ego as big as Musk's but has stayed out of controversy on social media.\" class=\"wp-image-22553679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bezos-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bezos-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bezos-05.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Insiders say Bezos has an ego as big as Musk\u2019s but has stayed out of controversy on social media.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBezos went from a very curated account from a social media team to more interesting things that seem to be done by him,\u201d Berger said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d Berger pointed out, \u201cBezos has an ego as big as that of Elon Musk. Over the last month, Bezos has started to engage more on Twitter. It seems timed to Elon making his bid on Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On May 16, Bezos snapped at the Biden administration for being overly aggressive with federal spending and, hours later, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1526206480612876288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">quoted the Grateful Dead<\/a> in relation to Amazon\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of going public.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, added Berger, is that \u201cthese are two tech titans going back and forth. Elon is in favor of having that conversation in the public square, which is Twitter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Jeffrey Ranck, former <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> counsel for Microsoft, however, Twitter seems just as suitable a fit for Gates: \u201cBill has always been a little more circumspect [than Musk] in public. He was never comfortable speaking publicly. So 120 characters might be perfect for him.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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