Nelson Peltz Says He Played “Matchmaker” For Elon Musk And Donald Trump; Blames “Index Funds” For Losing Disney Proxy Battle
deadline.comInvestor Nelson Peltz believes he “played matchmaker” for Donald Trump and Elon Musk at a breakfast together in late spring with Peltz’ son Diesel.
He says he’s friends with the Tesla billionaire, who was recently named the president elect’s cost-cutter-in-chief, and that he’s looking forward to Trump’s next term “I was a matchmaker … I don’t know that Donald would have had this sweeping victory without Elon’s help.
Elon was in Pennsylvania. I thought he was going to be Dutch or something,” he told CNBC’s Delivering Alpha Investor Conference in NYC. “Amish?” interjected the moderator? “Yeah right, I thought he was going to be Amish.
He was there almost full time. He came to New York every now and then to say hello. But other than that, he was, he was there.
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