Elon Musk Told First Wife, "If You Were My Employee, I'd Fire You"
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The essay has drawn renewed attention this week after the recent launch of Mr Musk's biography.
Elon Musk's first wife Justine Musk wrote an essay during their messy divorce proceedings in 2010. The essay has drawn renewed attention this week after the recent launch of Mr Musk's biography.
Justine Musk, author and mother of five sons, wrote the essay for Marie Claire magazine and described their marriage and how it turned sour. In the essay, she described "warning signs" even on the night they were married.
"As we danced at our wedding reception, Elon told me, 'I am the alpha in this relationship,' Ms. Musk wrote. "I shrugged it off, just as I would later shrug off signing the postnuptial agreement, but as time went on, I learned that he was serious. He had grown up in the male-dominated culture of South Africa, and the will to compete and dominate that made him so successful in business did not magically shut off when he came home.
