--- title: "Elon Musk Brought His Mommy to a Big Business Meeting For Some Reason" description: "Mommy Dearest Things seem to be going really well for Elon Musk, who reportedly brought his former supermodel mother to a recent client meeting. In a semi-blind item from an insider that Bloomberg spoke with, Maye Musk was spotted at Twitter's New York offices on Halloween, five days after her King Lear-esque son took the […]" date: "2022-12-16" modified: "2022-12-16" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-mother-twitter-meeting" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "maye musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Brought His Mommy to a Big Business Meeting For Some Reason ![Things seem to be going really well for Elon Musk, who reportedly brought his former supermodel mother to a recent client meeting. ]() *\Image: Angela Weiss via Getty / Futurism\* ## OedipusX Things seem to be going really well for CEO of many companies Elon Musk, who reportedly brought his mother to a recent client meeting. According to [*Bloomberg*]()'s sourcing, Maye Musk was spotted at Twitter's New York offices on Halloween, five days after her large adult son took the reins of the social media site. The 74-year-old model — and [South African Covergirl]() and wasn't just offering moral support, either. She actually sat in on a meeting meeting, alongside Twitter ad executives, the younger Musk, the client and their team, not to mention investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis. The client, Horizon Media CEO Bill Koenigsberg, reportedly had one big question for the new Twitter CEO: was he going to reinstate former president [Donald Trump]() onto the platform? The query seemed to tickle Musk, who per the retelling drafted a tweet about it on the spot and then asked his assembled audience if he should post it. One of the Twitter execs begged the company's new owner not to post [the tweet]() — "If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me if Trump is coming back on this platform, Twitter would be minting money!" — to no avail. As *Bloomberg* notes, that exec was fired later that same week. ## Mommy Dearest *Futurism* has reached out to Musk to confirm or deny the anecdote, and to ask him if his mother has attended other meetings at Twitter or his other companies. Fingers crossed that he'll respond — just this week, he [sent a lowercase "lol"]() to a *Washington Post* reporter that the social network later [suspended for posting links]() to an account that tracks his private jet activity. Musk also responded to an email from *Bloomberg* about their reporting as well, saying that in spite of reports of internal chaos, Twitter is doing just fine, thank you very much. "The proof will be in the pudding," he told the news outlet. "These are early days. Obviously, Twitter is working fine with far fewer people. We have reduced hate speech and bot/troll activity by roughly one-third, while significantly increasing daily users, so Twitter is actually doing better." The proof is in the pudding, indeed — and [Twitter's increasingly-broken UX]() is all the proof we need. **More on Elon Musk:** *[Elon Musk Conducts Poll, Doesn't Like Results, Conducts New Poll, Still Doesn't Like Results]()* ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()