This Labor Day weekend is the first proper one since 2019 as the COVID pandemic largely restricted travel in the intervening two years.
Labor Day is observed to honor the American labor movement and the contributions workers have made to the country’s development. This weekend marks the unofficial end of summer and an opportunity to travel to see friends and family.
Imagine a holiday where you could meet some of the world’s most distinguished and charismatic corporate leaders, whom you have watched from afar and even admired.
Coinciding with Labor Day 2022, which falls on September 5, Benzinga conducted a poll of its readers to find out which tech billionaire they’d like to spend Labor Day with this weekend. The poll found three options – Tesla’s Elon MuskMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates and metas Mark Zuckerberg.
We’ve also provided an option to avoid spending time with any of the three.
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Musk wins hands down: Musk was overwhelmingly chosen as the preferred weekend partner for Labor Day by 41.6% of respondents.
Gates was the choice of 18.8% of those polled, and Zuckerberg received just 7.3% of the vote.
Additionally, 32.3% of respondents said they would prefer not to hang out with any of these celebrity CEOs.
Why people warm to musk: Tesla’s Musk was a very divisive figure, praised for his successful business ventures, rags-to-riches story, and unconventional leadership, but he drew ire alleged sexual mishaps and his demeanor, which is sometimes perceived as autocratic, arrogant, and rude.
An immigrant from South Africa, he moved to the United States after a stopover in Canada and built a number of businesses aimed at making the earth a better place to live. Tesla, its flagship in electric vehicle manufacturing, has risen to a dominant position in the industry and left the most established legacy…
