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Jun 2024
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Elon Musk’s Unusual Relationships With W...

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL & GIMLET
About this episode

The billionaire founder showed several female employees at SpaceX an unusual amount of attention or pursued them. WSJ's Joseph Palazzolo describes the revelations.


Further Reading:

-Elon Musk’s Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX 


Further Listening:

-Money, Drugs, Elon Musk and Tesla's Board 

-Elon Musk's 'Demon Mode' 

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