The world’s richest man Elon Musk provided the most concrete details to date on his fight with billionaire social media rival Mark Zuckerberg, teasing the historic location of the tussle but confirming it won’t take place any time soon.
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In a Friday morning post on his X social media platform (formerly known as Twitter), Musk said he spoke to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who agreed to an “epic location” for the battle; Musk previously said it’s possible he and Zuckerberg duel at the Roman Colosseum.
Musk added that his and Zuckerberg’s charitable foundations will organize the fight, rather than the UFC, despite the apparent best efforts of the mixed martial arts organization’s president’s Dana White.
Musk said the duel will stream on X and on Zuckerberg’s Meta platforms and will be filmed in “ancient Rome” style.
But don’t get your hopes up about seeing the middle-aged billionaires duking it out any time soon: Musk also said Friday he has to go under the knife to fix “a problem with my right shoulder blade rubbing against my ribs,” a procedure which will take a “few months” of recovery.
Zuckerberg did not comment on any of Musk’s Friday updates, but said Sunday he’s “not holding my breath” about when the fight will occur and he’s “ready today.”
Musk’s $227 billion fortune, amassed primarily via his stake in his electric vehicle giant Tesla, is the largest of anybody on earth, while Zuckerberg’s $108 billion net worth makes him the eighth-richest person in the world, according to Forbes’ calculations.
The rivalry between the 52-year-old Musk and 39-year-old Zuckerberg initially accelerated last year when Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion, becoming a major player in the social media space long dominated by Zuckerberg’s Facebook and Instagram. But leading up to the July launch of Meta’s direct Twitter competitor, Threads, the feud turned physical as both billionaires said they were willing to formally step into the ring.
“Dudes need some outlet for trad masculinity,” the musician Grimes, mother of two of Musk’s children, explained about the origin of the fight in an interview with Wired published earlier this week. “Elon is very strong, but Zuck seems like he’s been training a ton,” Grimes added.