Eric Siu argues Bernard Arnault's path beats Elon Musk's. Arnault buys and fixes companies quietly while staying anonymous. Musk innovates but faces constant threats and public scrutiny. Wealth with anonymity wins over wealth with fame.
Do you think it's better to be Bernard Arnault or Elon Musk? I am more down the path of Bernard than Elon. Elon is an innovator. I'm more of a purchaser. Purchase, fix, grow. I'd rather be Bernard as well. And I think Elon's the greatest entrepreneur of our lifetime. His life is just way harder. No matter what good you do for the world, there's people trying to kill you. I'd rather be Bernard where you're kind of under the radar and you have all these great companies. I think it's overall, it's better to be anonymous and wealthy rather than famous and wealthy because you just have so many problems. And that's what Elon has. Right now.
