In an interview on Thursday, activist investor Nelson Peltz praised billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, calling him a “brilliant guy” with “no ego.”
What Happened: In an interview with CNBC, Peltz lauded Musk, calling him a “friend” and a brilliant person with no ego. “That may be hard for you to believe, but having spent the amount of time I have with Elon, he's willing to listen to anybody has the same attitude that we do that we will steal any good idea and be proud of it.”
Peltz went on to praise the tech billionaire, saying that “his ideas are beyond anything I've ever seen in my whole life.”
“He's a brilliant guy, understands so many things about the world. And all you want to do is listen to a lot of what he got to say, but he is a good listener as well. And really smart people in the world are good listeners,” he added.
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