Elon Musk Is Starting To Think About Leaving His Job And Becoming An Influencer

JAKARTA - Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk began "thinking about" leaving his job and wanting to become an influencer. The idea was known from the tweet of the richest person in the world on Friday, December 10.

"Thinking of quitting my job & becoming a full-time influencer," Musk said in a tweet, without elaborating.

It's unclear whether Musk, as a prolific user of the social media platform, is serious about quitting his role as CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and his status as the world's richest person.

thinking of quitting my jobs & becoming an influencer full-time wdyt

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 10, 2021

The tweet immediately garnered over 402,000 likes as of Sunday night. In fact, it has been retweeted more than 30 thousand. There are also more than 8600 comments.

Musk himself, engaged in conversations with his followers. This is what makes Musk's tweets always interesting, because this billionaire is said to always reply to tweets from his followers

Many of his followers agree with Musk's plan. They even promised to be loyal subscribers, if the Tesla CEO really turned into an influencer.

Musk, who is also the founder and CEO of rocket company SpaceX, and leads brain chip startup Neuralink and infrastructure firm The Boring Company, said during a conference call in January that he hopes to be CEO of Tesla for "a few years."

"It would be nice to have a little more free time than just working day and night, from when I wake up to when I go to bed 7 days a week. It's pretty intense," he said at the time.

Last month, he asked his Twitter followers if he should sell his 10% stake in the electric car maker, and the majority of his followers agreed. He has even sold nearly $12 billion worth of stock since then.

The billionaire is known for his Twitter banter and lively interactions with his followers which in the past have raised questions about his company's regulations and governance.

Musk was fined $20 million by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for tweeting in 2018 and asked to step down as chairman.

Howard Fischer, partner at law firm Moses & Singer, said he doubted Musk's latest tweet violated any rules because it was too vague.

He added: "I think Musk's social media comments are subject to huge discounts, as it were, by the market, compared to other executives."