Elon Musk is one of the many people who, thanks to the fortune he has achieved with his companies, has been part of the prestigious Forbes list on several occasions. In 2021, the specialized business magazine placed the South African in second place among the men with the most money having to his credit a fortune of 190,500 million dollars.
As expected, many believe that the founder of Tesla, PayPal, SpaceX or Neuralink has a life of luxury, but the reality is completely different.
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Although some US media claim that the businessman resides in a Texas mansion that also belongs to billionaire Ken Howery, and that he would also be looking for his own luxury home, the same Elon Musk He contradicted those assertions by stating that the only house he lives in is an apartment valued at $50,000.
This information was confirmed by her current partner, who also revealed interesting details of how the famous millionaire lives.
Elon Musk they sleep on a broken mattress
Grimes, the mother of two of Elon Musk’s children, gave an interview for the Vanity Fair magazine and in it he told how his relationship with the billionaire really is, which he described as “fluid”.
“We live in separate houses. We are best friends. We see each other all the time, but we just have our own things, and I don’t expect other people to understand it,” said the artist. Likewise, she expressed that although she and the businessman do not consider themselves a conventional couple, they still plan to have more children. “We’ve always wanted at least three or four.”
He also indicated that when he lived with him for a while his mattress was broken and Musk refused to buy one. Instead, she proposed to Grimes to replace it with the one she had in her house.. “He doesn’t live like a millionaire, sometimes he lives below the poverty line,” he noted.
The artist also hinted that one of the many reasons why she doesn’t share the same roof with Elon Musk is because she can’t eat well. “It got to a point where I thought, ‘Can we not live in a very insecure $40,000 house? Here the neighbors record us, there is no security and I spend eight days in a row eating peanut butter. I’m not really into the comforts, but I need nutrition and stuff.”