# @benzinga on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@benzinga/video/7597119040598969613
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53719457-benzinga-tiktok
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-19T17:02:23.000+00:00

## Caption

Elon Musk Might Not Be the Richest Man Alive If He Had Listened To His Mom—'I Told Him Not To Do An Electric Car As Well As Rockets' He's a household name—synonymous with electric cars, Mars missions, and ignoring everyone who tells him no. In an 2022 interview with The Times of London , 77-year-old Maye Musk admitted she once advised her son against the very moves that made him a global icon. "I told him not to do an electric car as well as rockets and he didn't listen to me," she said. RAD Intel Could Be the Next AI Powerhouse — Just $0. 85 a Share Sam Altman Says AI Will Transform the Economy — This Platform Lets Investors Back Private Tech Early Fortunately for Elon, advice has never been a dealbreaker. Not when it came from investors, engineers—or his mom. In a 2022 post on Twitter , Musk shared that in 2009, then- Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chair Charlie Munger laid out "all the ways Tesla would fail" during a breakfast meeting. Musk said he agreed with the list—but built it anyway. #elonmusk #warrenbuffett #charliemunger #tesla #billionaire

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- **Views:** 9,414
- **Likes:** 53
- **Shares:** 2
- **Comments:** 4

## Tags

charliemunger, warrenbuffett, billionaire, tesla, elonmusk

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