He’s a grifter who benefited from a lot of government subsidies.

He also knows how to “ride the wave”, and was one of the first people to harness social media early on to create “real blind followers”, who will follow eLon wherever he goes

Everyone knows who will be the most important figure of the 21st century, and that’s not him, that will be Satoshi

Hence why he can’t fully embrace Bitcoin, because he’s extremely egocentric.

Good marketer though