Hard to believe: Elon Musk on 17-year-old throwback photo with Jeff Bezos

Tesla founder Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos have become two of the richest people on Earth by pushing the boundaries of how technology affects people’s lives, and are among the few individuals likely to lead humanity’s leap into space exploration. But these exceptional people had unexceptional beginnings, just like everyone else.    

A throwback picture featuring the two billionaires was recently creating a buzz on Twitter. It all started with a post by a user, Trung Phan, who shared the photo of Musk and Bezos having a meal together and the post went viral after Musk shared his response to the tweet.

The Twitter user also shared a story with the photo and in detail wrote about what inspired the two billionaires to work in the field of space exploration. Phan also shared how the two industrialists disagreed about the exploration of the world outside Earth.

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“In 2004, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos met for a meal to discuss space. It was one of their few in-person interactions. The conversation they had perfectly captures the different approaches they’ve taken to space exploration,” Phan tweeted.

It was one of their few in-person interactions.

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The post has gathered more than 4,900 likes – and the numbers are only increasing.

Musk and Bezos are among the richest men in the world.  The Amazon CEO is at number one spot at $186 billion net worth, while Musk’s net worth has net worth of $183 billion.