Is this a deception?
Do you intend to destroy yourselves?
Just to show you how
primitive humans really are,
Telosian.
Well, I did say people are going to die.
Hell yes!
Tonight on VS,
two technological titans duel to decide
which is the ultimate entrepreneur.
We'll size up these megawatt moguls
as we compare their wealth,
stuff
and reputations.
Make it RAIIIIIN.
Up first this time
is the ultimate tech bro,
This inventor is no stranger
to technology and persistence,
coding his first video game at age 12
and selling it for $500 USD.
The gravy train didn't stop there!
While earning his bachelor’s degree
in economics and physics,
Musk ran a nightclub out of his college
frat house.
That sounds well, sticky.
Today, Elon Musk is
best known as the brain
behind the aerospace
engineering company
SpaceX,
"This is Elon Musk."
"Who?"
And as the owner and a major funder
of electric vehicle giant Tesla.
Oh, and by the way,
he just bought Twitter for
$44 billion USD.
No big deal.
In the opposing corner,
dominating the e-commerce
industry and beyond,
Bezos is coming in hot
with some educational firepower
of his own,
sporting a bachelor’s degree
in electrical engineering
and computer science
from Princeton University.
In 1994, he quit his job
at an investment bank
and set up a little virtual bookstore
in his garage.
Maybe you've heard of it.
We're talking Amazon, baby!
It’s safe to say things went pretty well.
Bezos collects everything,
including a $65 million USD private jet
and The Washington Post.
Jeff Bezos passed on the Amazon
CEO torch in July 2021, but he continues
to rake in cash from his company stock.
Time is money,
and we don't want to keep
these two waiting.
Release the billionaires!
These two big shots changed the game
when it comes to being rich.
Both make most of their dough
from their company stocks
in Tesla and Amazon.
In 2020,
Bezos was the first person to accumulate
a $200 billion USD fortune.
Elon Musk didn't join the
billionaire club until 2012.
But as of May 2022,
this contender is worth $246 billion USD.
Meanwhile,
Bezos' wealth sits at
about $150 billion USD.
Money talks.
Elon Musk wins this round.
when your paycheck looks like this.
Extravagant purchases
seem a lot less extravagant.
These do own
expensive property,
collecting fancy cars and travel
in style via private jets.
Elon Musk prefers to
share his fortune through
charity donations and campaigns
like The Giving Pledge.
He's also vowed to sell his
belongings and
“own no house".
Bezos made headlines in 2018
when he commissioned
a $500 million USD megayacht.
Measuring a modest 127 m (417 ft),
it'll be longer than a football field,
and a bridge will be
partly deconstructed
to let it set sail.
Materialistic is an understatement
when it comes to this guy.
Jeff Bezos takes round two!
The internet loves these two,
even if most of us love to hate them.
Musk’s romances
and especially the one
with Canadian musician Grimes
have unfolded in the public eye.
Memes exploded
after the birth of their first child,
“X A.I. Archangel”
or X for short.
Though both innovators push themselves
and their teams to the max,
Jeff Bezos has earned a darker reputation
for treating his employees
poorly and his
"doesn't play well with others"
business tactics.
"This is the price of falure."
A YouGovAmerica poll reported
that 91% of respondents
knew of Elon Musk, and 41% liked him.
But only 89% of the respondents
knew of Jeff Bezos.
He has been compared
to super villain Lex Luthor,
and only 25% of the respondents
liked him.
The numbers don’t lie, folks.
Ready for more matches
that make your bank account cry?
Next, we'll take you to the frontlines
of the cola wars with Coke VS Pepsi.
We'll see who wins
on another round of VS.