- He recently sold most of his possessions and moved to Texas
- Musk says he and Grimes are ‘semi-separated’ mostly due to distance
- He is vaccinated but slams vaccine mandates as an ‘erosion of freedom’
Elon Musk has been named Time magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year.
The world’s richest man was bestowed the annual honor after a year of selling off his possessions, launching rockets into space, inventing new driverless cars, sharing his Asperger’s diagnosis while hosting Saturday Night Live and influencing the stock market with this tweets among many other headlines he’s made this year.
As of Monday, Musk, 50, has a net worth of $265.4 billion.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made history several times this year including SpaceX’s September launch of the first all-civilian crew into space. The aerospace company also won a $3 billion contract with NASA- sparking a feud with fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Tesla announced their plans to create a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence in 2022 and penned a deal with Hertz and Uber to make 100,000 Tesla’s available to rent.
Elon Musk has been named the Time magazine’s 2021 Person of the Year
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO is currently the world’s richest man with a net worth of $265.4B
This year, Musk began endorsing bitcoin and influencing its price in the stock market while pushing into the mainstream.
Musk began dating Grimes in 2018, confirming their relationship on the MET Gala red carpet. The couple welcomed their first child, and Musk’s seventh, in May 2020.
But in September the couple announced that they are ‘semi-separated’ with Grimes staying in Los Angeles as Musk moved his personal and company headquarters to Texas.
‘We weren’t seeing each other that much, and I think this is to some degree a long-term thing, because what she needs to do is mostly in L.A. or touring, and my work is mostly in remote locations like this.’
Musk shared that he does not have new girlfriend and he and Grimes remain good friends as they co-parent their child X Æ A-12.
‘This place is basically like a technology monastery, you know. There are some women here, but not many. And it’s remote.’
One of the reason’s Musk moved to the Lone Stare state appeared to be his disapproval of California’s strict COVID mandates. While confirming that he and his eligible children are vaccinated, Musk has downplayed the seriousness of the deadly virus and broken regulations to keep his plants open throughout the pandemic.
SpaceX conducted many historic launches this year including the world’s first all-civilian crew (Pictured: Musk, age 24, at his computer in 1995)
Tesla announced their plans to create a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence in 2022
He believes in vaccines saying ‘the science is unequivocal’ but does not approve of vaccine mandates.
‘You are taking a risk, but people do risky things all the time,’ speaking of the unvaccinated but he still believes that being vaccinated should be a personal choice.
‘I believe we’ve got to watch out for the erosion of freedom in America,’ he said.
While still fighting for freedoms in America and working to make Earth more sustainable, Musk still has his sights set on Mars.
‘And the next really big thing is to build a self-sustaining city on Mars and bring the animals and creatures of Earth there. Sort of like a futuristic Noah’s ark. We’ll bring more than two, though—it’s a little weird if there’s only two.’
He’s also looking at the moon as he plans to touch down within the next three years.
‘I think we can do a loop around the moon maybe as soon as 2023,’ he said.
And moving to Mars isn’t far off in his mind either. ‘I’ll be surprised if we’re not landing on Mars within five years,’ he said.
Musk is constantly keeping the world updated on his plans and eccentric ideas through bizarre Twitter rants. Earlier this year, the billionaire tweeted: ‘I am selling almost all physical possessions. Will own no home.’
He followed through with his pledge. Earlier this month, Musk sold ‘last remaining house’, selling his Silicon Valley estate for $30 million.
Musk now lives in a home he rents worth $50,000 in Boca Chica, Texas, near his Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Starbase rocket manufacturing plant, where he moved last year.
‘My primary home is literally a ~$50k house in Boca Chica / Starbase that I rent from SpaceX. It’s kinda awesome though,’ Musk tweeted.