Please don't snark or flamebait or name-call on HN. You may not owe $celebrity or $billionaire better, but you owe this community better if you're participating in it.
Elon didn't get any financial support from his dad after 18 and has been financially supporting him, not the other way around. The emerald mine thing, which his dad was once rumored to have some small share of (not 'owned'), has gotten inflated into quite a myth.
People who are really good at one thing are not necessarily good at all the things. Sure, they are likely better than average at a lot of things. But Stephen Hawking being brilliant at physics and sci-coms does not mean he is good at AI futures.