Billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz took partial credit for the blossoming personal and professional relationship between Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump.

We may have billionaire Republican investor Nelson Peltz to thank for Elon Musk’s newfound omnipresence in politics. Peltz, the non-executive chairman of Wendy’s Company (and father of actress Nicola Peltz Beckham),

Nelson Peltz, the activist investor who tried to shake up Disney's board, said he's responsible for connecting Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

The billionaire activist investor who last year took on Disney in a failed proxy fight said he’s the reason Elon Musk helped Donald Trump clench the presidential election. Months before the Tesla CEO threw his support behind the now president-elect,

Investor Nelson Peltz believes he “played matchmaker” for Donald Trump and Elon Musk at a breakfast together in late spring with Peltz’ son Diesel. He says he’s friends with the Tesla billionaire, who was recently named the president elect’s cost-cutter-in-chief,