The brief conversation between Elon Musk and BlackRock's Larry Fink was marked by vague promises and an unenthusiastic audience.

Elon Musk has also been named in the Epstein files. Recently released documents include multiple email exchanges between Epstein and Musk between 2012 and 2013, in which Epstein invited Musk to visit his private island in the US Virgin Islands and discussed travel logistics.

A business disagreement between the aerospace company and the budget airline operator evolved into a full-blown public beef as the executives—Musk, of SpaceX, and Ryanair's O'Leary—egged each other on in a series of interviews and social media posts.