Race-obsessed, untouchable Musk hits escape velocity from CEO rulebook (opens in new tab)

Elon Musk is on the verge of financial immortality: The world's richest man — and potentially its first trillionaire — has built a sovereign corporate kingdom that is too systemic to fail.And yet, on the eve of SpaceX's monster IPO, its CEO was hunkered down in his digital fiefdom stoking far-right culture wars with an impunity unmatched in modern corporate history.Why it matters: Musk's years in the public eye, marked by serial controversy and an accelerating embrace of white identitarian po...