Elon Musk said in an interview Sunday that he couch surfs with friends because he doesn’t own a home.
The Tesla giant and SpaceX CEO is reportedly worth an estimated $250 billion, yet he said in the TED interview that he has been floating between the homes of various friends in the San Francisco Bay area.
“I don’t even own a place right now, I’m literally staying at friends’ places,” Musk said. “If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla’s engineering is, I basically rotate through friends’ spare bedrooms.”
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Addressing the enormity of his wealth, Musk said that he doesn’t splurge on his lifestyle in the manner that most would assume.
“I don’t have a yacht, I don’t take vacations, so it’s not as that my personal consumption is high,” Musk said. “One exception is a plane, but if I don’t use the plane, I have less hours to work.” (RELATED: Elon Musk Jabs Back With Two Questions After Saudi Prince Rejects Twitter Offer)
Grimes recently made waves when she said that Musk “does not live like a billionaire,” in an interview with Vanity Fair in March.
Elon Musk has been linked to an impressive real estate portfolio in the past. He was said to have once owned well over $100 million in real estate, primarily located in the Los Angeles area, according to Business Insider.