Comment by danaris
7 hours ago
His "ventures" started out with PayPal. Not exactly nerd culture.
For the nerdy ones, he bought his way in; he never actually founded Tesla.
Everything you think you know about him, at least as expressed in this post, is a result of his carefully crafted PR propaganda.
Suggesting nerds were never interested in electronic payment systems seems like a very No True Scotsman argument to me.
Buying one's way in doesn't exactly negate being interested in the underlying venture. He still had to provide significant funding.
Where did he get that funding?