He’s one of the world’s wealthiest men. That hair is a conscious decision.
Also, Palantir, as a Tolkien reference, is too on the nose. The good guys don’t use the Palantir because of who else may be listening in. We’re so mask-off at this point you might as well call this company “The Eye of Sauron”
Are these before and after? If so that looks like what I would expect fire to do to granite.