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I’m bullish on Indonesia, Elon Musk tells B20 audience in Bali
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Tesla CEO and Twitter-owner Elon Musk speaks virtually with Anindya Bakrie (left), chairman of the Supervisory Board of Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, at the Business 20 (B20) Summit as part of the Group of 20 dialogue in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 14. (AFP/Aditya Pradana Putra )
Elon Musk has expressed confidence in Indonesia’s economic development and said launch platforms in Indonesia and other countries may allow space travelers to reach any place on earth in less than an hour.
Interviewed for a light-hearted chat by PT Bakrie & Brothers CEO Anindya Bakrie, the CEO of Twitter and Tesla appeared via video call in a dark room he attributed to “a power outage about three minutes before” the live session.
Musk was interviewed on Monday, Day 2 of the Business 20 (B20) forum held in Nusa Dua, Bali.
The B20 represents the business community in the framework of the Group of 20, which Indonesia presides over this year. The two-day G20 Leaders’ Summit that begins on Tuesday brings together leaders of the G20 members as the culmination of the annual agenda.
The entrepreneur sported a green shirt which, as Anindya explained, had been sent to him all the way from a small village in Central Sulawesi, an area that boasts large nickel reserves.
“They have this ambition to make a net-zero industrial park with clean energy. That’s why this batik is special; I hope you like it,” Anindya said. Elon replied that he loved it.
The host proceeded to invite the “hard-working” Musk to jump on a plane to Bali to relax. “That sounds fantastic, but my workload has recently increased quite a lot,” Musk laughed, with the reference to his takeover of Twitter a few weeks earlier not lost on the amused audience.
