Tesla's Austin headquarters gets GOAT statue of Elon Musk. Watch video

Elon Musk, CEO of Twitter and Tesla, is the subject of a new monument.

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World's richest person Elon Musk's head is put on the body of a goat sitting on the back of a rocket in the metal sculpture. According to the Wall Street Journal, the statue cost about $600,000.

According to the media, the enormous statue was presented Saturday at Tesla's Austin headquarters in an event called "Goatsgiving" by the developers of the cryptocurrency Elon GOAT.




According to Elon GOAT's website, the monument was created to celebrate Musk's contributions to Bitcoin. According to the media, GOAT is the greatest of all time. Musk has yet to acknowledge the statue publicly.

The monument, which features what seems like flames shooting from a rocket, was authorised by the cryptocurrency startup Elon GOAT Token. The business sent it to Tesla's Gigafactory in Austin on Saturday, nicknamed "Goatsgiving." According to the company's website, the Elon GOAT Token ($ E.G.T.) sculpture was developed to recognise Musk's various accomplishments and devotion to cryptocurrency. Musk is the CEO of Tesla, an electric vehicle manufacturer.

Elon Musk is now CEO of 5 companies. Guess them!
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Elon Musk has finally acquired Twitter at a cost of $44 billion, a price he said was much higher than what should have been paid.


Elon Musk has finally acquired Twitter at a cost of $44 billion, a price he said was much higher than what should have been paid.
In an exchange filing, Elon Musk said that he will take over Twitter as its CEO as he fired its previous chief Parag Agrawal.


In an exchange filing, Elon Musk said that he will take over Twitter as its CEO as he fired its previous chief Parag Agrawal.
Best known for this electric automaking company, Elon Musk also serves as Tesla CEO. The company earns him most of his net worth.

Best known for this electric automaking company, Elon Musk also serves as Tesla CEO. The company earns him most of his net worth.
Elon Musk is also the CEO of the space venture founded by him, SpaceX. This is the second-most popular company he is associated with.
Elon Musk is also the CEO of the space venture founded by him, SpaceX. This is the second-most popular company he is associated with.
The billionaire also serves as the CEO of Neuralink, a lesser-known company that makes implantable brain-machine interfaces.

The billionaire also serves as the CEO of Neuralink, a lesser-known company that makes implantable brain-machine interfaces.
The 5th company that Elon Musk is CEO of is The Boring Company, a tunnel construction startup based in Texas that launched in 2016.

The 5th company that Elon Musk is CEO of is The Boring Company, a tunnel construction startup based in Texas that launched in 2016.
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $223.8 billion. In 2021, he became the first person with a fortune of $300 billion.

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $223.8 billion. In 2021, he became the first person with a fortune of $300 billion.
While it is too early to comment, Musk has spent a bunch of his fortune to buy Twitter, whose shares had been declining before it was made private.

While it is too early to comment, Musk has spent a bunch of his fortune to buy Twitter, whose shares had been declining before it was made private.
Elon Musk is on his way to monetise the social media platform, charging $8 per month for Twitter Blue subscription.

Elon Musk is on his way to monetise the social media platform, charging $8 per month for Twitter Blue subscription.

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Elon GOAT Token's efforts to deliver the statue got the firm on Twitter's trending page in the United States. Musk bought the social network last month, prompting a flurry of activity that included massive layoffs, departing sponsors, and prospective modifications to acquiring a Twitter Blue check mark. The Musk sculpture is a homage to the billionaire's renown — a rocket signifying SpaceX, the spaceship firm Musk established, and the actual goat, a term also used as an abbreviation for the phrase.

FAQs:

  1. What does it mean to be a GOAT?
    The acronym GOAT stands for Greatest of All Time. The internet slang initialism GOAT is used to compliment athletes, musicians, and celebrities.
  2. Who coined the term "goat"?
    The word came from an anticipated source: Muhammad Ali. Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali's wife, founded G.O.A.T. in September 1992.
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