Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk ignored warnings from confidantes including Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav and his own brother that he was driving advertisers away with his erratic behavior, according to an upcoming biography.
The billionaire owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, has a long list of wealthy, powerful advisors he habitually ignores, according to Walter Isaacson’s new biography.
In the months surrounding Musk’s chaotic takeover of Twitter — when he was sending out provocative tweets — Zaslav cautioned about ‘self-destructive’ behaviors that were spooking advertisers.