Mystery Deepens About Whether Elon Musk Actually Lives in Prefab Box – Futurism

The more we learn about whether Elon Musk lives in either a shack or a palace, the more confusing the story becomes.

After a damning Wall Street Journal report suggested the worlds richest man may actually be living in his buddys multi-million-dollar Austin mansion instead of a prefabricated hovel like he claims, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO denied the claim outright when speaking toBusiness Insider but his friends denial isnt as clear.

Elon does not live at my home, he lives in South Texas, PayPal co-founder Ken Howery, allegedly known as Kenny to his maybe-tenant Musk, toldBI. He stayed at the house as my guest occasionally when traveling to Austin.

That final clause that Musk has occasionally been a guest to Howery is remarkably ambiguous. It could mean that the worlds richest man actually is living in a little shack by SpaceXs campus near the US-Mexico border. But it could also mean that he stays there all the time.

Musks denial of WSJs report, which he simply called false, was much less equivocating.

I dont live there and am not looking to buy a house anywhere, he said, noting the chunk of theWSJs anonymously-sourced article claiming that the billionaire troll is actively house hunting in Austin, to the point where hes employed lawyers to handle real estate brokers.

Because he is a troll, however, Musk apparently couldnt resist the urge to mock the report that, in all reality, would make far more sense than a man worth more money than the GDP of North Korea living in a rented shack.

There was no doubt that Musk was going to deny theWSJs claim which, lets be honest, isnt exactly Pentagon Papers material. Its worth pointing out, by the way, that the people familiar with the matter who spoke to the WSJ on background about this alleged secret real estate hunt said that Musk is trying to keep it quiet on purpose. If they conjectured about what purpose that could be, the newspaper chose not to print it.

So now, were stuck in the fuzzy grey area of an incredibly goofy story, even by Musk standards.

Does Elon Musk actually live way, way, way below his means for some sort of minimalist reason? Or is it all a play to make him seem more relatable? The world may never know.

READ MORE: Elon Musk denies report that hes been staying in a $12 million lavish waterfront Austin estate owned by a PayPal Mafia member [Business Insider]

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