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.
Those initiatives are comsidered too late and even very poor to just honor the name of a genuis who helped humanity much more that he himself has expected. I wish people got aware of his situation at that time and help him overpass his crisis whatever its kind either financially or psychologically. There was a good chance that he could live more and continue his researches in various fields. There is no way to compare Tesla with Micheal Jackson or even Elon Musk himself.