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Tesla CEO Elon Musk questioned why Bill Gates, a proponent of sustainable energy, could possibly sell Tesla stock short. Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty ...

He went on to ridicule Gates’ bodily girth–with a photo, an emoji, and a crude comment. Musk said he believes Gates has sold short $500 million shares of Tesla (ticker: TSLA), betting the stock will fall. In a tweet on Friday night.

Musk clarified the statement after posting a vague tweet on Sunday that led many users to ask if he was halting his efforts to buy out Twitter.

Musk currently owns 9.1% of the company's stock. His next move at this point remains to be seen. "I would like to discuss philanthropy possibilities."

The Tesla CEO questions the Microsoft founder's commitment to environmentalism.

Musk has been a leading proponent of not just EVs but also solar power. Musk has generally taken a very negative approach to anyone who shorts Tesla shares. A short position pays off if the price of the stock drops. We work together with businesses, government, and nonprofits, and each partner plays a specific role in accelerating progress," the foundation says on its home page. Tesla lays out its environmental mission in its annual ESG report. Microsoft Founder ( MSFT) - Get Microsoft Corporation Report Bill Gates has followed a more traditional path to philanthropy.

The SpaceX sensei is literally slicing left and right with his two-edged tweets. Latest victim being former number one and currently the third richest in ...

— Delhi Se Hoon BC (@delhichatter)— Delhi Se Hoon BC (@delhichatter) pic.twitter.com/unOmvqcWin April 23, 2022 Musk is slaying all the former tech gods, and claiming his throne. — Fintwit (@fintwit_news)— Fintwit (@fintwit_news) pic.twitter.com/aanpXMQgRs April 23, 2022 Gates has earlier criticised Tesla and electric vehicles as detrimental to climate change. The SpaceX sensei is literally slicing left and right with his two-edged tweets. The message doesn’t seem to end on a good note as Bill asks Elon to drop in some penny for philanthropy for Climate Change. Evidently Elon Musk doesn’t take the climate change campaign seriously.

Elon Musk and Bill Gates are both incomprehensibly wealthy, but that didn't stop them from allegedly arguing over text.

He said it was real, but that he didn’t leak it. Gates confirms he does, brings up the possibility of the two doing philanthropic work together, and is promptly shut down by Musk for, uh, hoping Tesla fails. It all started earlier that evening, when an account called Whole Mars Catalog posted several screenshots allegedly showing a text exchange between Musk and Gates.

Musk even trolled Gates by sharing a distasteful meme on Twitter. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is known for his tongue-in-cheek humour. His tweets often invite trouble ...

The screenshots of the chats reveal that Gates messaged Musk to discuss philanthropy on climate change, but Musk shunned him by saying that he cannot take his proposal seriously when he has been shorting Tesla stocks. A slightly paunchy Gates is seen wearing a blue t-shirt in the picture, he looks starkly similar to the man in the emoji. Musk is now miffed with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for allegedly shorting the stocks of Tesla. Interestingly for Musk, his conversation with Gates has gone viral on Twitter and later Musk even trolled him with a meme, which features Gates alongside an impregnated man.

"I cannot take your philanthropy on climate change seriously when you have a massive short position against Tesla," Musk told Gates, per the texts.

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Bill Gates is known for his involvement in philanthropy. He wanted Musk to join him on a new initiative. Gates asked him via a private message if Musk would ...

Musk replied and told Gates that he can’t take his climate plans “seriously” because he has a “massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.” The screenshots of the conversation appeared on Twitter. They were originally leaked by the New York Times, and Elon Musk also confirmed the discussion was real. That’s why they buy the shares with a loan, sell them on the open market, and buy them back again when they will be cheaper. Musk replied and told Gates that he can’t take his climate plans “seriously” because he has a “massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.” The screenshots of the conversation appeared on Twitter. They were originally leaked by the New York Times, and Elon Musk also confirmed the discussion was real. That’s why they buy the shares with a loan, sell them on the open market, and buy them back again when they will be cheaper. They also share their fair number of controversies, but we’re not going to focus on speculations and scandals. They also share their fair number of controversies, but we’re not going to focus on speculations and scandals.

Elon Musk took a very public shot at Bill Gates, by invoking a new transgender-inclusive emoji.

Elon also argues that Tesla is doing a lot to mitigate climate change by investing in sustainable energy, so he sees Bill's position as hypocritical here. Before that, though, Elon asked him straight up ... you shorting my company, bro? Twitter Tweet Unavailable He followed up by jokingly tweeting a picture of cloaked figures coming together in a circle and writing, "shadow ban council reviewing tweet …" seemingly aware his OG tweet might be seen as offensive. Twitter Tweet Unavailable Elon's caption ... "in case u need to lose a b***r fast."

When asked on Twitter if a screenshot of text messages, allegedly between the two billionaires, was real, the Tesla CEO responded “yeah,” adding “but I didn't ...

The Tesla boss is apparently still miffed that the Microsoft founder shorted his stock.

In it, Gates appears to be hitting up Musk for a climate-change philanthropy initiative—but first, Musk has a question: The gibe came hours after Musk confirmed on Twitter the authenticity of screenshots that appeared to show him confronting Gates about his half-billion-dollar bet that Tesla stock would sink. If you thought Elon Musk had better things to do than insult Bill Gates on the social-media platform he is maybe trying to buy, you would be wrong.

Elon Musk with a net worth of nearly $270 billion, and Bill Gates with a net worth of $130 billion, are the two of the top four richest people in the world.

The purported text messages begin with Gates arranging a meeting with Musk to discuss philanthropy on climate change. A short position is defined by Investopedia as: "When a trader sells a security first with the intention of repurchasing it or covering it later at a lower price. Elon Musk with a net worth of nearly $270 billion, and Bill Gates with a net worth of $130 billion, are the two of the top four richest people in the world. I heard from multiple people at TED that Gates still had half billion short against Tesla, which is why I asked him, so it’s not exactly top secret." What began as a philanthropic opportunity ended with Musk telling Gates to get lost. Musk was purportedly perturbed by Gates having little faith in the future of Tesla, so the SpaceX CEO left the Microsoft founder high and dry.

The two tycoons have clashed over their approaches to the pandemic, the effectiveness of vaccines, death tolls, the space race, electric vehicles?

Musk said that he had texts that show he turned down a philanthropic opportunity over Gates’ short position on Tesla. In addition, he questioned data on covid-19-related deaths in 2020, and also endorsed the unproven malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the virus. Elon Musk’s approach has contrasted somewhat, although both men have donated large sums of money, contributions to the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest people in the world, founder of Microsoft, and for years known for his philanthropic efforts. In fact, he has been at the forefront of a search for global health solutions. Gates commented about Musk: “He’s not really involved in vaccines.

The billionaire genius may well be saving the world through his electric vehicle (EV) company and he night help mankind one day live on Mars, but he's not ...

It was a cheap shot based not on Gates' actions (and aside from his Tesla short, Gates has lots of rumored recent actions that might be legitimate cause for Musk to poke fun at) but his physical appearance. The billionaire CEO of multiple companies, who has both rocket ships and equipment that can tunnel under the Earth under his command, shared an unflattering picture of Gates side-by-side with a pregnant man emoji. To paraphrase Michelle Obama, Musk went low and Gates went high.