He got beat up... for bullying another boy (whose father had committed suicide). Elon's dad didn't go to bat for him there because he knew Elon was being a little shit that was asking for it.

You don't think big companies ever make mistakes?

sure, they get hacked... they apologize, and promise to learn and do better.

that isn't what is happening here.

Tony Stark of the movies wasn't based on the comics

The movie writers based on the character on Steve Jobs...

Donald Trump...

...but mostly Elon Musk

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/tony-stark-elon-musk-donald-trump-steve-jobs.html

Him, Trump, and maybe a little Steve Jobs. Trump was fun before he became president — he was actually kind of a goofy celebrity. Steve Jobs was always serious and angry; he never quite had that gift of the bullshit, the working the crowd that Musk has a real natural talent for. Musk took the brilliance of Jobs with the showmanship of Trump. He was the only one who had the fun factor and the celebrity vibe and actual business substance. I’m not sure we talked about too many other people; there are not many people like that around. It’s dangerous to be a celebrity businessman. One scandal and it’s billions of dollars. People want their CEOs to shut up and be good, quiet figures who aren’t in the paper dating celebrities. Because shit can happen.