An entrepreneur doesn't have to do the day to day heavy lifting. An entrepreneur hires and works with people who do the heavy lifting.
But give it 15 years and Neuralink is the only product on the market that allows humans to be relevant in the face of A.I.... Smells like the kind of profits one would have if, for example, they dragged an asteroid to Mars and monopolized water, or weaponized Saturn's orbit and controlled the only port for deep space travel, etc. Seems silly now but guaranteed there's gonna be people wealthy on a scale we've never seen when these starts of things come through.
Or we'll all be dead. Whatever.
Does he? He seems to be highly leveraged personally and within his companies.
"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?" [1]
[1] https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detai...
> Mr. Musk has taken an active role setting up the California-based company and may play a significant leadership role, according to people briefed on Neuralink’s plans, a bold step for a father of five who already runs two technologically complex businesses.
You dont let opportunities slide with those boxes ticked.