The PayPal founder argued that Wikipedia describes him as an investor, among other talents. Musk asked for the deletion of this particular definition, stressing that he does "basically zero investing".
The top billionaire's tweet prompted a torrent of comments. Musk, in his natural manner, responded to several netizens about why the word "investor", when used to describe his work, should be regarded as incorrect.
In another tweet, Musk responded that his Wikipedia profile remains "a war zone" for him.
In dispelling allegations of his investment activities, his strongest argument appears to be his assertion that he would go bankrupt if his technological brainchildren Tesla and SpaceX fail.
Elon Musk was born in South Africa and later moved to Canada and after to the United States. He abruptly dropped his Ph.D. studies at Stanford University in 1995 in favor of business. He is a founder of several successful software projects, including PayPal, before he established his main enterprises, which have set ambitious goals for technological dominance in the automotive and space industries - Tesla and SpaceX, respectively.
According to the now-edited Wikipedia profile, Musk is just "a technology entrepreneur and engineer".