Letters to the Editor of Barron's
Order Reprints Print Article To the Editor: Raising $5 billion in stock is not “financial engineering” (“From Airbnb to Tesla, It’s Starting to Feel Like 1999 All Over Again. It May End the Same Way,” Up & Down Wall Street, Dec. 11). Elon Musk is building a global manufacturing enterprise that requires large amounts of capital and will employ thousands of workers. His criticism of the M.B.A-ization of Corporate America is not directed at financial analysts. Rather, it is meant for CEOs with largely M.B.A. backgrounds, who run corporations from spreadsheets,... Close