Gates, the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist who has been vocal in his opposition to cuts made by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one…I would love [to see Musk] go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money.

Podcaster and New York University professor Scott Galloway is well-known for his provocative opinions and smart takes on business, finance and government. That fact includes Galloway's unconventional view on how Social Security ought to be run.

Time to drop the really big bomb,” Musk, 53, had posted Thursday on X to his more than 220 million followers after a multi-day tirade against the president’s spending bill working its way

The dip in Musk's net worth was the second-biggest loss in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires IndexNEED TO KNOWThe drastic dip in Elon Musk's net worth comes amid tensions between him and President Donald Trump last weekMusk recently announced he was leaving the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)Despite the $34 billion hit,

Related: Bill Gates makes a controversial accusation about Elon MuskOn the other extreme is Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who is famous for his philanthropic acts. He and his then-wife, Melinda Gates,

For Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, and Bill Gates, the next wave of innovation doesn’t involve a sleeker phone — it replaces it altogether. Each of them is backing different technologies that promise torender smartphones obsolete.

Musk says he hates the bill because it is expected to drive up the deficit by nearly $4 trillion. But, as White House sources have been quick to tell reporters over the last 24 hours, there are other reasons why the billionaire Tesla CEO is lashing out. As one source put it simply to Axios, “Elon was butthurt.”

The clash between the president and Teslas C.E.O. wiped billions off the electric vehicle maker’s market capitalization. Other risks abound.

The world's richest man navigates a treacherous period, marked by an insult-filled public feud with Donald Trump, a figure he significantly helped return to the White House.