Why is this question important to answer? Rather than spending hours pondering whether "Superman can beat Mighty Mouse", let's figure out a way for people here to found the next big start-ups. Both of these men saw opportunity and ran with it. I'm not sure I can identify the seeds of their successes but they probably spent their energy on more important questions.

steve jobs is just a salesman, elon has science

Is Elon that bad of a human being?