Elon Musk has warned budding entrepreneurs hoping to emulate his success to “be careful what they wish for”.
Speaking to a business forum in Bali on Monday when asked what an up-and-coming “Elon Musk of the East” should focus on, he said he “wasn’t sure how many people would actually like to be me”.
“They would like to be what they imagine being me, which is not the same,” he continued. “I mean, the amount that I torture myself, is the next level, frankly.”
Musk was speaking at the B20 business forum ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies taking place on the Indonesian island.
The new Twitter owner joined the conference by video link just weeks after completing his heavily scrutinised takeover of the social network.
He had been expected to attend the event in person, but Indonesian government minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, responsible for coordinating preparations for the summit, said Musk could not attend because he’s preparing for a court case this…
