Infographic Questions Musk $1 Trillion Valuation vs Company Earnings

Greatest confidence man there ever was?

The math doesn’t math.

Graphic from @QTRResearch

We live in a society where saving someone’s life (EMT), teaching our youth (teacher), farming our food (farmer), and providing social support to abused children (social workers) all pay min wage and force you to live an impoverished life….

But selling fake hype and false promises makes you the richest person in the world.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch lol jealous much

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch He sold his PayPal shares in 2002 for 180m, so basically 99.9% of his money is from 2 companies who combined are at a net -$2bn in earnings.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch For the definition of "worth" in the mainstream financial press, Elon is a trillionaire. They've been reporting paper wealth movements as "losses" and "gains" for decades.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch If u want to invest in cash cows then McDonalds or Walmart do a better job Tesla and SpaceX are category creators

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch It helps that so many of the elites will be making a lot of money off the IPO so they're backing him in the overall scam. Its obscene they're taking advantage of so many of the desperate and helpless with this con. I'm worried about all the 401Ks/pensions that can be wiped out.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Dumbass thinks bubbles are created by ceos.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Your adherence to the truth is very irritating (but not to me).

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch It’s all bullshit man. America is heavily in debt yet the richest nation on earth… in God we trust

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Nah, there is no way he edges Trump out for that position.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch One revolutionized payments and money movement. The other revolutionized autonomous driving and battery operated cars at scale. The other is going to space.

Cope and seethe while we stack dollars. 💵

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Very Ponzibly!

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Love how much Elon eats up Gary’s mind share. Dude losing sleep over this 😂

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch Most of the Tesla earnings were during the pandemic due to supply shortages at other companies. Got fired from paypal. Outside of that very pedestrian.

@BellamSwathi @GaryMarcus @QTRResearch They belong in the fantasy category.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch What have you created? Show your accumulated profits and losses?

The networth is always a mirage, which assumes that you sell 100% of your share in a company to cash out. The truth is that it's never going to happen for mega cap companies. Take Meta, you sell all the shares own by Zuck, that's ~200Bn USD. Who has this amount of cash to buy him out? Also when you dump this amount of shares in the market, Meta's share will crash.

@GaryMarcus @QTRResearch He's the greatest storyteller ever-which is what humans respond to. Full disclosure: I am not invested in any of his companies. But if you're not impressed with this guy you don't understand human excellence