Tesla CEO denies berating employee for missing event to attend birth of child

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has denied claims that he berated an employee for missing a company event to witness the birth of his child.

Speaking on a new book about him, Musk also denied telling an investor he was like a samurai, preferring to commit seppuku, a Japanese form of ritual suicide, than fail.

According to the book he said to the anonymous employee “That is no excuse. I am extremely disappointed. You need to figure out where your priorities are. We’re changing the world and changing history, and you either commit or you don’t.”