{"id":15452,"date":"2025-03-18T17:53:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/?p=15452"},"modified":"2025-03-18T17:53:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T17:53:44","slug":"elon-musk-praises-the-intelligence-of-jeff-bezos-larry-ellison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/18\/elon-musk-praises-the-intelligence-of-jeff-bezos-larry-ellison\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Praises the Intelligence of Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tesla CEO and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/what-is-elon-musks-job-and-title-in-the-us-government\/486525\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">DOGE leader Elon Musk<\/a> sat down with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-verdict-with-ted-cruz-56253661\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Verdict<\/a>&#8221; podcast to discuss a spate of issues, from DOGE to AI.<\/p>\n<p>In the episode, which aired on Monday, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/wbznewsradio.iheart.com\/content\/2025-03-17-elon-musk-talks-cutting-government-waste-with-ted-cruz-on-verdict-podcast\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">predicted that artificial intelligence<\/a> will outshine the human brain within a decade.<\/p>\n<article>\n<p>&#8220;I think in 10 years, based on the current rate of improvement, AI will be smarter than the smartest human,&#8221; Musk said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-become-best-friends-on-x\/485721\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">How Do Billionaires Become Best Friends? They Launch Rockets on the Same Day. That&#8217;s What Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Did.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But when Cruz asked Musk who the smartest CEOs are, his answer was almost more surprising, considering some of his past drama.<\/p>\n<p>Musk once again praised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/billionaires-elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-fighting-again-on-x\/483370\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">his one-time rival<\/a>, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, saying that smart people take action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To some degree, smart is as smart does,&#8221; Musk said. &#8220;What have they done that is difficult and significant? You know, Jeff Bezos has done a lot of difficult and significant things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bezos and Musk <a href=\"http:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/elon-musk-and-jeff-bezos-feud-timeline\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">have been fighting<\/a> (and most of it <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1859483544612913376\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">publicly on social media<\/a>) for decades over everything from poaching employees to space contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/who-is-larry-page-google-cofounder-billionaire-ex-ceo\/474214\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">Google co-founder Larry Page<\/a> to the smart-CEO list and said Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison is &#8220;one of the smartest people&#8221; he knows.<\/p>\n<p>Page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin in 1998 and served as CEO until 2001. He then returned as CEO of the now-parent company, Alphabet, from 2015 until 2019. Ellison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oracle.com\/corporate\/executives\/larry-ellison\/#:~:text=Larry%20Ellison%20is%20chairman%20of,as%20CEO%20until%20September%202014.\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">founded Oracle in 1977<\/a> and served as CEO until 2014. He is still the company&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $312 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">according to Bloomberg<\/a>. And everyone he mentioned on the podcast as brilliant isn&#8217;t too far behind.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos is ranked No. 2 with $217 billion, Ellison is No. 5 with $174 billion, and Page is No. 8 with $149 billion.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/billionaire-yachts-jeff-bezos-larry-ellison-sergey-brin\/455219\" rel=\"follow\" target=\"_self\">The Luxury Boats Owned By Some of the Wealthiest People in Tech, from a Yacht So Big It Has Its Own Support Boat to Superyachts with Swimming Pools and Basketball Courts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entrepreneur.com\/business-news\/elon-musk-praises-the-intelligence-of-jeff-bezos-larry\/488675\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla CEO and DOGE leader Elon Musk sat down with Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) on the &#8220;Verdict&#8221; podcast to discuss a spate of issues, from DOGE to AI. In the episode, which aired on Monday, Musk predicted that artificial intelligence will outshine the human brain within a decade. &#8220;I think in 10 years, based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15453,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/assets.entrepreneur.com\/content\/3x2\/2000\/1742313403-Jeffbezos-ElonMusk-2194365208.jpg?format=pjeg&auto=webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15454,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15452\/revisions\/15454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imsfund.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}