Take the example Nicola Tesla the famous scientist who contributed in developement of electricity and connectivity, but died poor alone in an hotel room.
I know this story, he should be credited for all of his work and I guess that Elon Musk's Tesla is one way of honoring his contribution in electric vehicles through his work about electricity.
I want to mention another famous person who died poor and his name is Nikola Tesla. This man could be a billionaire but he wasn't interested in business.
He's not interested to have it as a business but as a contribution to humanity. But the oligarchs and big people have done him dirty and that's because he's hurting them their business.
It's not just a guess, it's truth, the company was named Tesla to tribute Nikola Tesla and it was also marketing-wise too because Tesla is a widely acknowledged name in the world. But this company wasn't named by Elon Musk, it was founded in 2003 Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, Elon joined the company in 2004 and then he grew with the company.
To my mind, Nikola Tesla became a victim of business interests. Many people don't love good invention if it doesn't generate money and it kills their multi-billion dollar businesses.