Elon Musk is widely recognized as the visionary behind Tesla. However, the company was originally founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. Musk joined later, led a major investment, and used strategic moves and legal maneuvers to rewrite the narrative and establish himself as a co-founder.

The Black Eyed Peas star said he bought into Tesla years before it went public, but messed up by rejecting the chance to be an early Airbnb investor.

Protests at Tesla dealerships across the U.S. continued over the weekend drawing hundreds of demonstrators calling for billionaire Elon Musk’s ouster from the federal government.