Elon Musk Denies Scolding Employee for Missing Work for Birth of Child
LatestTesla CEO Elon Musk is disputing two particularly bizarre quotes in the new biography of him written by business journalist Ashlee Vance: that he once referred to himself as a “samurai,” and that he chided an employee for missing work due to the birth of his child. Musk called the childbirth quote “total BS” on Twitter, saying he supports pregnancy leave.
In Vance’s book, Musk comes across as an obsessive workaholic who thinks about electric cars and very little else (surprise). The Washington Post ran a list of the 22 most memorable quotes from Musk, including the two that he’s now disputing:
My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.
And, more relevant to our interests, an anonymous Tesla employee who says he got this in an email after he missed a work event due to baby-having: