Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin
@jasonlk · Dec 18, 2025
"Peter Thiel fired Elon Musk. Be -- he was kind about it. And he left Elon with all his economics (12% of PayPal).
Be kind. He did what he had to do, but he was kind.
And then Elon went back to Peter, and Founders Fund got to invest $20m to buy 10% of SpaceX.
Perhaps the
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
I was CEO and Peter reported to me, so could not fire me. It was a palace coup by most (not all) of the exec team and most of the board, who were worried that my decisions were too risky.
I was the largest shareholder in the company. There was nothing anyone could have done to take my shares away from me.
07:11 AM · December 19, 2025 · 1.7M views
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