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Elon’s Hollywood Ending

Musk’s texts, which include a startling dismissive exchange about Sam Bankman-Fried, reveal why he needs Ari Emanuel to save him from himself. Plus updates on Cathie Wood’s latest investment scheme and the potential resurrection of Credit Suisse’s investment bank.

Elon Musk
Tesla C.E.O. Elon Musk. Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/GC Images
William D. Cohan
October 2, 2022

Sometime over the past few weeks, Bloomberg reports, Hollywood mogul and Endeavor founder and C.E.O. Ari Emanuel tried to broker a deal between Elon Musk, a former Endeavor board member, and the Twitter board of directors, via Silver Lake C.E.O. Egon Durban, who sits on the boards of both companies. The idea was, presumably, to find a solution to the legal battle between Elon and Twitter before the conflagration hits the Delaware courtroom in a few weeks.