…but when one side reportedly opens with "I am the alpha in this relationship," it's safe to say the honeymoon phase didn't last long. Before Elon Musk became the world's wealthiest man and the face of Tesla, SpaceX, and a dozen high-profile controversies, he was a young tech founder with a vision, a McLaren F1, and a brand-new marriage. His first wife, Justine Musk, painted a very different picture of their relationship in a 2010 Marie Claire essay titled "I Was a Starter Wife: Inside America's Messiest Divorce." In the piece, Justine recounted the moment at their wedding reception when Elon leaned in and said, "I am the alpha in this relationship." At the time, she shrugged it off. But over the course of their marriage, she said the statement proved to be more than just a bold quip. "Elon's judgment overruled mine, and he was constantly remarking on the ways he found me lacking," she wrote. The dynamic shifted further after Elon sold Zip2 for roughly $300 million in 1999, becoming in...