Imagine the thing you choose to critique Elon Musk on is work ethic Elon Musk: • Works 80–120 hours per week during peak periods • Jobs created (direct + supply chain): ~600,000 • Salaries paid out by his companies: ~$110 billion • Taxes he paid in just 2021: $11 billion (largest tax bill for an individual in history) • Value created for shareholders: Trillions • Drives hundreds of billions in economic impact • Brought human spaceflight back to America (SpaceX) • Helps paralyzed patients control computers with their thoughts, giving new meaning to their lives • Created Starlink, enabling people to access internet anywhere Elon’s wealth increases because his companies build products and services people love, companies that generate hundreds of billions of dollars in economic value in the U.S. and around the world. He isn't buying yachts, expensive houses or cars. He's continuously pushing his chips into the middle of the table and creating companies that are changing the world. His wealth is tied up in those companies, thus he only pays big tax bills when he sells stock, which is rare.