Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the two richest people in the world, have inspired, influenced, and impacted the world. Both are stupendously successful CEOs in the world, with accumulated wealth that one can’t even think of. Talking of success, power, and influence, both sailors of their mega-ships have out shadowed every other entrepreneur in the world.
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are undoubtedly the most successful, powerful, and influential CEOs in the world. Currently, Jeff Bezos is the wealthiest person alive with a net worth of $186 billion who owns the mega e-commerce giant Amazon. On the other hand, he is also has involved in Blue Origin’s quest, which sends people to the moon.
On the other hand, Elon Musk is the CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX. He is behind Jeff Bezos in terms of accumulated wealth with a net worth of $147.3 billion. But he is still on the same list of being most successful, influential, and powerful.
The Amazon owner, Jeff Bezos, is somehow noticeably surpassing Elon Musk. He, along with his brother, Mark Bezos, is all set to have a first human flight by Blue Origin in July.
How Does It All Started?
Let’s eye on how Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have reached elevated heights of success over the years.
The Rise Of Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon owner, started his company with ideals that have become a reality in current times. The company was initially started in 1992 but had gone for the public in 1997.
But since the early days, Jeff Bezos had towering ambitions to become the most influential person in the world. Adding more value to his business and expanding it globally, Jeff Bezos made Amazon a complete powerhouse by targeting e-commerce and adding its own streaming service, Prince, and its cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Service.
Moreover, entering space was the longing dream of Jeff Bezos. He succinctly made it clear in 1982, when he gave an interview to the Miami Herald soon after graduated that he wished and desired to create outer space colonies for millions of people. And this long dream has added value to his work, making him a successful person.
Following his long ambition to enter space, Jeff Bezos initiated and launched Blue Origin in 2000, a startup focusing on human spaceflight.
The Rise Of Elon Musk
Elon Musk didn’t become the CEO of Tesla, but he had become a millionaire several times before. During the time when Jeff Bezos was stepping on with Amazon and Blue Origin, Elon Musk created and sold a startup, Zip2, for an estimated amount of $300 million. At the same time, Elon Musk was in the middle of building another megaproject, PayPal. And later, he sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion.
Elon Musk made about $160 million from the sale of PayPal. He later went on to use that money to launch SpaceX in the year 2002.
In an interview in 2018, Elon Musk said that he had never asked any of his friends to invest in his ventures and projects, and he thought he would rather lose his own money.
Who Is More Influential And Powerful?
Comparison Of Two CEOs
Tesla and SpaceX are undoubtedly the biggest and ultimate juggernauts, but at the same time, Amazon has taken over the world, more than Tesla and SpaceX combined.
From the time Amazon was launched in 1977, it has now multiplied the business and stock price up to 500 times. In the current market, Amazon has a market cap of $689.93 billion, and it also employs over 541,900 employees all over the world.
On the other hand, Tesla went into public in 2010 and is currently at a market cap of $58.4 billion. Moreover, the employee count is nearly 32,300, according to Fortune.
Moving toward the approval from the employees for their CEOs, here’s what you need to know more. For Jeff Bezos, amazon owner and Blue Origin founder, around 87% of employees approve of their CEO. While on the other hand. Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk gets a dropping favor of only 84% employees, just after he had fired 700 employees last November.
The Philanthropic Journey
Now, shedding light on Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk’s philanthropic works, we would probably have a clear answer as to who is admiringly the most influential and powerful of the two.
When naming the philanthropic and charitable works, both Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk aren’t far from each other. Both men have significant affiliations in the namesake foundations that are serving people big-heartedly.
Firstly, we have the Musk Foundation that generally works for pediatric medicine, renewable energy, and resources and facilitates STEM education. Moreover, it has been reported that the Musk Foundation donated around $250,000 after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster to install and set up the solar power system. Adding more to it, Elon Musk also donated a whopping amount of $10 million to the Future of Life Institute, which aims to benefit humanity with Artificial Intelligence.
Furthermore, Jeff Bezos, the e-commerce god, has the Bezos Family Foundation initiated by his parents. In several areas of charitable funds, Jeff Bezos has donated with open-hearted. For example, he donated $33 million to a scholarship fund for ‘dreamers,’ $10 million to cancer research, and $15 million to their alma mater to study neutral connectivity.
The Final Verdict
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are both equally influential and powerful. To name a one, Jeff Bezos is comparatively the most influential and powerful man of the two. But talking in terms of wealth, Jeff Bezos has left behind Elon Musk. However, Musk can chase and get the lead only if his Tesla business soars.
Pinstripe Magazine Staff
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