The Financial Times reported that Musk is trying to get Bezos to put more of his time into Blue Origin so it can make more progress.
A man named Albert Rodriguez/E! The images are of entertainment.
Two days after Time magazine crowned Musk as its Person of the Year for his commitment to the environment and to space exploration, Musk was named the FT's Person of the Year for 2021.
Musk talked to the FT about Jeff Bezos, his space enthusiast rival.
Musk said in an interview that he was trying to get him to spend more time at Blue Origin so they could make more progress. He should spend more time at Blue Origin and less time in the hot tub according to a friend.
Musk said that Bezos has a good engineering aptitude, but that he doesn't seem to want to use his mental energy getting into the details of engineering.
The devil's in the details, according to Musk. He told the publication that Bezos takes himself a bit too seriously.
A source told CNBC that Bezos increased his hours on Blue Origin to two afternoons a week in September.
At the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council Summit in December, Musk said that he tries to split his time between the two companies, but it depends on the crisis of the moment.
The CEO said that people need to work between 80 to 100 hours per week to change the world. Musk has said he works up to 120 hours a week.
