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Why Elon Musk destroys all other billionaires ($40M/year CEO)

8 Oct 2026 · 0 min

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In this monologue, Matt Ryder argues that Elon Musk approached the Twitter acquisition as a strategic move akin to playing 4D chess. He suggests Musk deliberately overpaid for Twitter to create an opportunity to liquidate a large portion of his own stock—about $8 billion—without destabilizing his companies, a feat he claims would be impossible for other billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg due to their limited cash reserves and the likely market reaction. Ryder praises Musk as possibly the greatest entrepreneur ever, emphasizing his unique ability to convert an overpayment into a liquidity event while preserving the value of his other ventures.

I think Elon's playing 4D chess in terms of an entrepreneur. He's probably the greatest entrepreneur to ever live. I reckon he wanted to buy Twitter, went in, realized he was gonna grossly overpay for it. And then I think he probably realized, this is a pretty good time to liquidate some cash. 'Cause like, there's no other person who could liquidate $8 billion of their own stock without completely crashing the company. Like, if Mark Zuckerberg did that, there would be no Facebook to log into the next day. Zuckerberg's obviously a very wealthy man, but from a cash reserve standpoint, he wouldn't have that much. No way. The moment that he tries to liquidate anything, all the stockholders would just run away.