Elon Musk is currently the richest person in the world, with a Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated fortune of over $300 billion. He is also very often the subject of news including what he said. But did he really say he didn't want a poor son-in-law?
It's quite viral on social media that the SpaceX owner and Tesla leader said this. Among other things, this post went viral in India.
"First of all, understand that prosperity does not mean having a fat bank account, but primarily the ability to create that wealth. For example, a person who wins gambling or the lottery even when he wins big, is not a rich man. He is a poor man with a lot of money. That's the reason 90% of millionaires from the lottery are poor again after 5 years," reads the article.
"For example, entrepreneurs are on the path to wealth even though they don't have money, because they develop financial intelligence and that is prosperity. If you see young people learning new things, trying to continue to develop themselves, he is a rich person," he continued.
Later, Elon Musk spoke about his son-in-law, "When I say my daughter can't marry a poor man, I'm not talking about money, I'm talking about her ability to create wealth."
Investigate a calibaration, the exact same sentence also circulated in the name of Bill Gates. Thus, it can be said that the two leaders of the technology world never said that.
"India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that neither Elon Musk nor Gates ever made that statement. The words were compiled from several articles and attributed to them," wrote India Today explaining the hoax that was quoted by us.
"Searching the internet, we did not find any news regarding that statement. Had they said it, of course it would have been covered by the media," India Today added.
