Elon Musk’s Twitter friendship with Indian superfan

Indian software engineer Pranay Pathole uses his mobile phone at his residence in Pune. Not many people can boast candid discussions on planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Pathole, a friendly chat with the world’s richest man is just a tweet away. — AFP

PUNE, India: Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Indian software engineer Pranay Pathole, a friendly chat with the world’s richest man is just a tweet away.

Their unlikely online friendship has blossomed since Pathole was a teenager, with the mercurial billionaire responding to him over hundreds of tweets and private messages with headline-making company updates and even life advice.