Bill Gates reveals the moment Elon Musk confronted him and became 'super mean' over shorting $1.5 billion worth of Tesla stock: 'A little bit of a d**k-measuring contest'

Elon Musk and Bill Gates - who have both held the title of world's richest - got into a 'd**k-measuring contest' after the Tesla CEO confronted the Microsoft founder over shorting the electric-car company's stock last year. Elon Musk and Bill Gates got into what Musk's ex- girlfriend Grimes referred to as a 'd**k-measuring contest' after the Tesla CEO confronted the Microsoft founder over shorting Tesla stock last year When Gates first requested the meeting, Musk responded by saying that he didn't have a scheduler or a personal assistant, telling Gates to have his secretary call him directly. In a biography of Musk set to be released this coming week, Walter Isaacson writes that in September 2022, Gates spoke to Musk and said he wanted to 'come see and talk about philanthropy and climate' at a meeting Musk gave Gates a tour of his factory in Austin, which impressed Gates but still, the two had much to debate while he visited Grimes, Musk's ex-girlfriend and the mother of three of his children, called it 'a little bit of a d**k-measuring contest' Gates was also critical of Musk's belief that solar energy could solve climate change and that batteries could ever power semi-trucks. Musk deepened his feud with fellow billionaire Bill Gates later in 2022, tweeting in response to an article claiming that Gates is funding his critics Musk dissed Gates' physique on Twitter posting a photo of the Microsoft mogul alongside Apple's controversial pregnant man emoji 'in case you need to kill a boner' Gates, the world's third richest man after Musk and Jeff Bezos, took a shot earlier this year at the Tesla CEO after the electric vehicle maker announced taking a $1.5 billion stake in Bitcoin.