Elon Musk is an asshole, but great at developing and marketing products.
Bill Gates is an asshole, but a great business man and his charity seems to be doing useful work.
At some point, you just leave out the "he's an asshole" part, as it's sort of implied.
Most assholes aren't great people, either.
"It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice."
I'm sure that Hitler had a redeeming quality or two.
Nobody is purely evil or purely good, although Hitler can gain the "almost purely evil" tag.
Where Gates stands on that spectrum, I have no idea. He's done vast amounts of good and he's done vast amounts of evil. Balancing them depends on how you weight each action, and that's a very personal opinion.
He bought Tesla. He didn't actually create that company.
A lot of what is attributed to Elon Musk is pure BS.
He is great at marketing, but not the "genius inventor" that many seem to think that he is.
These people are really good entrepreneurs who had a lot of luck on their side, but they are also severely overhyped.
Are you saying all you need to do is create a company and that equals success and a good product?
Because damn some people in silicon valley want a word, you know something they don't.
Credit where credit is due.