Bill Gates Lost Billions Betting Against Tesla

Benzinga

Bill Gates Lost $2 Billion Shorting Tesla: Elon Musk Breaks It Down  Did Bill Gates really lose billions betting against Tesla, then ask Elon Musk for climate donations? According to Musk—and confirmed by biographer Walter Isaacson—Gates shorted Tesla during a vulnerable time. That wager reportedly cost him up to $2 billion. Elon called it hypocrisy. Gates apologized. Now Musk warns: anyone betting against Tesla's future—including Gates—will be "obliterated."

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00:00Imagine lighting $2 billion on fire by betting Tesla would crash,

00:04then turning to Elon Musk for climate cash.

00:07According to Musk, that is exactly what Bill Gates did.

00:10And it still boggles his mind.

00:12According to Musk, Gates secretly shorted Tesla during its weakest stretch,

00:16trying to profit if the company collapsed.

00:19Yet almost in the same breath,

00:20Gates asked him to donate to his environmental foundation,

00:23a move Musk blasted on X as hypocrisy.

00:27Biographer Walter Isaacson confirms the wager.

00:30By the time the two met in Austin in 2022,

00:33the short had already cost Gates up to $2 billion.

00:36Gates apologized, later calling Musk super mean.

00:40While Musk warned that once Tesla perfects full autonomy

00:43and its Optimus robots hit production,

00:46anyone still betting against the stock, even Gates, will be obliterated.

00:50Bottom line, betting against Tesla can drain your wallet.

00:53And Elon never forgets.

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