PUNE: Elon Musk and I rarely have open discussions about planetary conquest, but for Indian software programmer Pranay Pathole, a cordial exchange with the richest man in the world is only a tweet away.
Since Pathole was a teenager, their strange friendship has grown online, with the erratic millionaire responding to him in hundreds of tweets and private messages with newsworthy business updates and even life advice.
The two eventually met this week when Pathole made his first trip outside to the United States to start a master’s programme in business analytics.
