Small businesses helped build Musk’s empire. Their unpaid bills add up to millions.
When Jennifer Meissner’s small pipe welding business landed a multimillion-dollar contract to help build a sprawling new Texas headquarters for Tesla, she was convinced it was her company’s big break.
Instead, the deal led her into personal and professional bankruptcy from Tesla, which is owned by the world’s richest man, stopped paying her company for work they’d already done.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/31/us/elon-musk-company-unpaid-liens-invs






