Speaking at a business forum in Bali on Monday, when asked what a rising “Elon Musk of the East” should focus on, he said he was “not sure how many people would really want to be me”. “They would like to be what they imagine me to be, which is not the same,” he continued. “I mean the amount I torture myself with is next level, honestly.” Musk spoke at the B20 business forum ahead of the summit of the Group of 20 leading economies to be held on the Indonesian island. Twitter’s new owner participated in the conference via video link just weeks after completing its acquisition of the embattled social network. He was expected to attend the event in person, but Indonesian government minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, responsible for coordinating preparations for the summit, said Musk could not attend because he was preparing for a court case this week. Testimony began Monday in Delaware, where Tesla shareholders are challenging Musk’s compensation plan as CEO, potentially worth more than $55 billion (£47 billion). “My workload has increased a lot recently,” he said with a laugh, referring to the deal on Twitter. “I mean, oh man. I’ve got a lot of work on my plate, that’s for sure.” Read More Elon Musk says Twitter ‘could face bankruptcy’ as more staff quit and top regulators warn of issues Musk appeared in a darkened room, saying the power had gone out just before connecting, his face projected on a large screen above the summit hall. He bought Twitter for $44 billion last month and quickly fired the company’s board and top executives. He fired much of the company’s remaining full-time workforce via email earlier this month and is now eliminating the jobs of outsourced contractors tasked with combating disinformation and other harmful content as he begins his campaign to ease restrictions on what users can say. the platform. Musk acknowledged that his recent moves regarding Twitter have been controversial, adding: “There’s no way to make everybody happy, that’s for sure.”
