If you were to believe his recent tweets, poor Elon Musk is perhaps the world’s richest victim of bullying. In February, the chief executive of Tesla accused the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of harassing him and his company with “endless” investigations in retaliation for his vocal opinions of regulators.
“The SEC seems to be targeting Mr Musk and Tesla for unrelenting investigation largely because Mr Musk remains an outspoken critic of the government,” Alex Spiro, a lawyer for the South African billionaire and his company wrote in a letter last month.
