Elon Musk has some advice for his billionaire rival Jeff Bezos: work harder.
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In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO spoke candidly about his ongoing space race against the Amazon founder. Musk, who was just named Person of the Year by the FT and Time magazine, referred to Bezos as a “friend” with “good engineering skills” but who wasn’t devoting enough time and energy to his aerospace company Blue Origin.
“Bezos takes himself very seriously,” Musk said in the interview published Wednesday. “I try to encourage him to spend more time at Blue Origin so they can make more progress. As a friend of mine says, he should spend more time at Blue Origin and less time in the hot tub. He doesn’t seem to be willing to spend any mental energy on the details of the engineering.”
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Musk went on to say that he spends 80 to 90 hours a week working on Tesla and SpaceX projects. In September, a source told CNBC that Bezos only dedicates two days a week — Tuesday and Wednesday — to Blue Origin.
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Musk's comments came a month after Blue Origin lost its legal battle against NASA. Bezos' company sued the agency over the $2.9 billion contract with SpaceX, claiming it "moved the goal post" at the last minute to ensure SpaceX got the deal for Blue Origin.
Information source: complex.com
