Musk says he's doing engineering 80% of the time. If you watch him discuss the products he knows what he's talking about, he's intimately involved - he's not just the standard talking head CEO role.

Does he? He seems closer to a Steve Jobs type marketer than a Bill Gates type engineer.

Why not both? Also, good design and technology markets itself - especially when it's needed.

Did you see two rockets return to earth and land side-by-side?

Do you really think Musk had anything to do with engineering design of those rockets? You really think he contributed to the rocket stabilization system or something?

I do actually. The level at which he can describe each low-level design decision shows he has a deep understanding of rocketry, chemistry, and material science and acts as more of a chief engineer rather than CEO.

Give me an example. I haven't seen anything even close to the sort.