Well, never judge until you walk in their shoes as the saying goes.
That being said, Musk sits at a table that a handful of ppl sit.
We can all speculate. I mean he's the top space payload transport guy.
Will he be the head of a space guild of Dune -like org? Donno, maybe.
About the electric car: Don't get how easy it was to sell ppl on such an imperfect/defective concept. You know the vehicle has a limit in capacity/range.
This is the elephant in the room screaming vulnerability afoot,  yet, every elec car buyer accepts it.
Don't we have better concepts out there? The limits of the battery pack is the issue as it stands. A battery car is a defective concept.
A battery car that ALSO has an onboard generating system is worth exploring.
Concepts?:
On-board hydrogen-on-demand generator.
Too fancy?
Get a lawnmower Honda engine to strictly spin a second car alternator for the strict purpose of keeping that battery pack topped-off.(batt pack that can now be smaller)
Oh don't like the fact it uses a little gas as in 95+ mpg?
Run it on diesel fuel replaceable by vegetable oil. Diesel engine were originally conceived to run  on that. The exhaust  smells like french fries but who cares?

I mean the American ingenuity has no end.

This is the spark I'm attracted to.

Elon operates on a large population influence/market.

Moves are more constrained in mass markets.

But you all knew that. 

 No, when you get state subsidies you are not an entrepreneur, you are a regime oligarc. That’s a matter of fact 

 You are correct. I would prefer that subsidy to never have been extracted from the people's pockets. 

 Which car companies in the US (or anywhere in the world) do not accept state subsidies?   

 Yeah, which car company is not run by oligarchs??
That’s it, big entrepreneurs are simply oligarchs.