If the director of Free is complimentary about Elon Musk in terms of business, he is less complimentary about his personality. Very close to Donald Trump, the billionaire has been noted for his controversial outings, pushing some users to desert X for Bluesky. During the event Artificial Intelligence Marseille (AIM), Xavier Niel shared his opinion about it.
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“A brilliant entrepreneur and a dirty idiot” according to Xavier Niel
Questioned during the event, Xavier Niel showed humility about a possible comparison between him and Elon Musk. “I'm a dwarf compared to this incredible entrepreneur Elon. Honestly, the guy is an entrepreneurial genius”said the founder of Free about the active support of Donald Trump which could favor his professional activities.
Xavier Niel, on the other hand, is not tender towards the personality of Elon Musk. Particularly regarding the large space left to disinformation on X under the direction of the billionaire. “I think we are neither black nor white, we are all gray, we are a mixture of shiny things and not so shiny things”he analyzes, adding with irony that Elon Musk ist “so white about entrepreneurship, that to make gray in the middle, there must be very, very black sides.”
This opinion is not new for Xavier Niel. The boss of Free had already shared it in his book published in September, “A hell of a desire to make a mess”. The portrait of the billionaire was uncompromising: “Elon Musk only represents himself, and that's already a full-time job. He's trapped himself in a transgressive extremist persona and I don't know how he's going to get out of it. Because… If you say stupid things, the moment comes when you pay for it. The moral is that you can be both a brilliant entrepreneur and a dirty idiot.
If Elon Musk has fervent support in the United States, French personalities do not necessarily appreciate his personality. One singer even shared that she would refuse a dinner with the billionaire!
