Elon Musk bragged about turning down an invite to Davos, but organizers said he never made the list

The World Economic Forum says the billionaire Elon Musk he was not on the guest list for the annual gathering of corporate executives, world leaders and cultural tastemakers in Davos, Switzerland, despite claims by the owner of Twitter.

Notables from the head of the European Union, Ursula von der Leyeneven the actor Idris Elbeare gathering in the luxurious alpine town this week to discuss global issues ranging from war to climate change to the effects of technology on security.

Musk was not there, although he says he was invited. Forum Spokesperson, Yann Zopfshot down that on Tuesday, saying that the last time the Tesla CEO received an invitation “was not this year and not recently, the last time was in 2015.”

Musk said in a tweet on December 22: “My reason for declining the Davos invitation was not because I thought they were involved in diabolical intrigues, but because sounded boring”.

He further insulted the forum on Monday and compared it to 4chanknown for generating unsubstantiated conspiracy theories: “There should be a game show: ‘4Chan or Davos, who said that?'”

Zopf added that “Musk never registered for any annual meeting in Davos.”

The meeting has been criticized for a lack of concrete action coming out of a series of sessions and speeches, while the forum itself has been the target of online conspiracy theories by those who believe the forum involves a elite group who manipulate global events for their own benefit.

Plus, Musk might be a little too busy hanging out with the mighty in snowy Switzerland.

While still grappling with the fallout from last year’s purchase of Twitter by $44 billion, Musk is facing trial for his tweet about taking Tesla private in 2018.

Jury selection begins this week and he will have to explain his actions under oath in San Francisco court after tweeting that got the financing to pay for the $72 billion purchase of the electric car maker, which never happened. He culminated in a $40 million settlement with US securities regulators that also required him to step down as company chairman.

The outcome of the trial would depend on the jury’s interpretation of Musk’s motive for posting some tweets that the federal judge Edward Chen has already figured out what they are liars.

Musk suffered a further setback on Friday when Chen rejected his request to move the trial to federal court in Texas, where Tesla has been based since 2021. Musk had argued that negative media coverage of the Twitter buyout tainted the list of potential jurors. from the San Francisco area.

also plans step down as CEO but still own Twitterwhich it managed to take private last summer, but has alienated some users and advertisers with chaotic layoffs and changes to content moderation policies.

(With information from AP)

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