Elon Musk, world’s richest man has said he currently doesn’t have a home and stays in friend’s spare spaces for the most part.
The Tesla CEO who made the disclosure in a ecent interview with TED’s Chris Anderson, noted that he has resorted to couch surfing.
“I don’t even own a place right now, I’m literally staying at friends’ places,” said Musk, whose estimated net worth is $269.5 billion, according to Forbes.
“If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla’s engineering is, I basically rotate through friends’ spare bedrooms.”
Despite the Tesla TSLA, -0.37% and SpaceX founder’s surprising lifestyle, the billionaire tech magnate did reveal the one luxury he indulges in, according to NYPost.com
When answering a question about the wealth disparity in the U.S. between average Americans and billionaires like himself, Musk said, “For sure, it would be very problematic if I was spending billions of dollars a year in personal consumption, but that is not the case.”
“It’s not as though my personal consumption is high,” he continued, admitting that his private plane is the only exception.
“If I don’t use the plane then I have less hours to work,” he added.
In June last year, Musk tweeted that his primary residence is a rental from SpaceX, worth $50,000. What’s more, the residence was conveniently near the company’s Texas location. In the tweet, also admitted to owning an “events house” in the Bay Area.
In May 2020, Musk famously tweeted, “I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no house.”