Tearful Elon Musk tells NYT nobody reviewed his bombshell Tesla funding tweet
Elon Musk said no one saw or reviewed his tweet about the plan to take Tesla private before he posted it, The New York Times reports, citing an interview in which the billionaire frequently teared up and discussed the personal strain of leading the electric-car maker.
Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer and chairman, typed the tweet as he drove himself to the airport on Aug. 7, the newspaper says, citing Musk. The tweet read: “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.”
In an hourlong sit-down with the newspaper, Musk also detailed his frequent use of the sleep-aid Ambiena drug he’s discussed using before, and whose well-known side effects include sleepwalking. “It is often a choice of no sleep or Ambien,” he told the newspaper.
