A Wall Street CEO Would Get Brutalized In The Press If They Acted Like Elon Musk Did On His Call Yesterday
"I'm glad to see that BMW is bringing an electric car to market," Musk said giggling. "That's cool. There's room to improve on the i3 and I hope that they do."
And then there was more laughter... for a while.
It was obvious that he actually didn't think it (the i3) was that "cool", or that BMW was that "cool" for that matter. What Musk was doing was trolling — it was a CEO troll.
Now if a Wall Street CEO did something like that, people wouldn't be saying 'oh that eccentric genius.. he can do the impossible, anything even... what's a little giggle?'
No, if Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was on a conference call and laughed at the idea that, say, Wells Fargo was trying to build up a serious sales and trading division you can already cue the
In fact, back in February, JP Morgan's CEO Jamie Dimon took some heat for unprofessional conduct during a Q&A session. Rolling Stone called him obnoxious for answering an analysts' question by saying "that's why I'm richer than you."
And maybe he was being obnoxious. The point is, he got called out on it. Musk was on an
Additionally, don't forget that BMW has made a lot of excellent cars in its history. It's disrespectful to think they — or any of their peers — couldn't do it again just because
Not to get all Miss Manners on you guys, but seriously, lets keep it together.
Listen to Musk giggle below:
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