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Being founder and CEO of different companies doesn't imply a mastery of the fields in which those companies operate, only control of the capital they generate. Elon Musk could buy a Michelin starred restaurant tomorrow, that wouldn't suddenly make him a world class chef.

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Disagree. the job of a founder + CEO is not to just control capital.

If Elon Musk built a 3 star Michelin restaurant himself from scratch then yes I would classify that he has mastery of the fine dining industry. You could be an amazing chef but couldn't run a restaurant if your life depended on it. Just like how there are brilliant engineers that aren't good at being CEOs of a tech company.

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