The bulk of his wealth, however, comes from Tesla stock.
On Saturday, Musk virtually joined an official election campaign for the AfD, giving a speech in which he said Germany “focuses too much on past guilt,” endorsing a taboo stance that has been a rallying cry from the far-right for Germans to move on from Erinnerungskultur or its “culture of remembrance.”
“Children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents or even their great grandparents,” Musk said ahead of Germany’s Feb. 23 election.
His remarks came two days before the 80th anniversary of the the liberation of the Nazi camp at Auschwitz.
They have caused particular offense in Poland — which was the first country to be invaded by Adolf Hitler’s forces at the start of World War II. Poland lost around 6 million people in the war — half of them Jews, many of whom died in Nazi camps like Auschwitz that were sited on its territory. Millions more were rounded up and put to work as forced laborers.
Musk will be addressing financial analysts on Wednesday in the U.S. during his first Tesla earnings call since Trump took office.
