Elon is listening to the music inside his own head. He has the right people working for him, and he's often mistakenly seen as the person who takes all the credit, but he's sitting on the work of countless engineers who work painstakingly to create his product range. As for Jobs, again, sitting on the work of countless designers and product people who make Apple what it is. Jobs & Musk are only genius tier people insofar as they piggyback on others hard work.
here is one example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33703617
many others are documented in books about spacex and tesla
Ben Carson (a US presidential candidate from 2016) is one of the most brilliant neurosurgeons in the world, and yet he derailed himself often by bumbling about his conspiracy theories about pyramids in Egypt being used as rice silos. He showed himself a fool on a number of public occasions. And yet, he understands all complexities involved in being a great neurosurgeon better than heavy majority of experts in his field.
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” —Nietzsche