Elon Musk mocks Bill Gates with meme; Here’s why the world’s richest man is furious with Microsoft founder

Elon Musk indeed appears to be really furious with the former Microsoft chief for shorting Tesla.

New Delhi: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, on Saturday (April 23), took a dig at Microsoft founder Bill Gates. The world’s richest man shared a meme to mock a peer billionaires who left his board positions at Berkshire Hathaway and Microsoft to dedicate efforts to philanthropic endeavours in 2020. 

Musk took to Twitter to mock Gates. Sharing an image of Gates along with an emoji of a man with a fat belly, Musk said, “in case you need to lose a boner fast”. Musk indeed appears to be really pissed at the former Microsoft chief for shorting Tesla. This time, he simply mocked the latter for his extra-marital affairs that are now quite in the public. 

in case u need to lose a boner fast pic.twitter.com/fcHiaXKCJi — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022

Why is Elon Musk furious with Bill Gates? 

Elon Musk and Bill Gates have been tweeting a lot lately. The former recently confronted the latter on whether he has shorted the stocks of Musk-led electric car maker. 

In response, Gates apologised, saying he hasn’t closed the Tesla yet and wanted to discuss philanthropy opportunities with the world’s richest man. Also Read: India Post issues warning against fake websites claiming to provide prizes

Musk responded by saying that “he cannot take his philanthropy on climate change seriously when he has a massive short position against Tesla, the company doing the most to solve climate change.” Also Read: Beware! Don't share your deets, Read how to stay safe from ATM frauds

Netizens Reply With Hilarious Posts 

In response to Musk’s meme mocking Gates, several Twitter users also came up with funny posts, mostly taking a swipe at the Microsoft founder. Here are a few such posts:

Micro and soft makes sense now — Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. (drpatel.eth) (@ParikPatelCFA) April 23, 2022

pic.twitter.com/aanpXMQgRs — Fintwit (@fintwit_news) April 23, 2022

It’s funny but less funny is Bill Gates and his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 23, 2022