He claims this will be a “much bigger risk to civilisation than global warming.”
The world’s richest man also has an obsession with having kids. The man has fathered almost a dozen children with three separate women – and it sounds like he’s keen to boost those numbers.
This reportedly includes Nicole Shanahan, who was in Robert F Kennedy Jr’s running mate in his unsuccessful independent presidential campaign. Musk is said to have offered his DNA to Shanahan in 2022, but she apparently declines.
Two people also told the Times they witnessed him offer his sperm to a married couple at a dinner party. They claimed he had only met the couple socially a “handful of times.”
The claims in the New York Times come off the back of a story in the Wall Street Journal in June, which made similar claims about Musk.
On this occasion, it was claimed that he had “boundary-blurring relationships with women at SpaceX.” The publication reported that one woman alleged he had “asked her on multiple occasions to have his babies, according to people familiar with the allegations.”
She reportedly declined the offer.
In total he has three children with Grimes, and has since fathered another child with Zilis.
But the billionaire has a history of trying to keep children a secret, according to Vanity Fair, so it’s very possible he has more unknown children out in the world.
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Elon Musk’s net worth plummets by $15,000,000,000
But instead of giving the electric car maker a much needed shot in the arm, the opposite seems to have happened, with the company’s share price plummeting follow the unveiling.
This in turn, has seen Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s net worth drop by an eye-watering $15,000,000,000.
But before you start feeling too sorry for the guy, rest assured that he is still the richest man in the world despite this – although its might not be ideal in his quest to become the world’s first trillionaire.
However, shareholders weren’t best pleased with the announcement, and had been hoping for some more concrete details about how the cars would be made, when exactly they’d go on sale, and whether the tech would even work.
As a result, Tesla’s stock fell rapidly after the event. In pre-trading the following morning, stock was down five per cent, and by the end of the day this had dropped to nine per cent, according to Business Insider.
- Musk holds about 13 per cent of Tesla’s stock, so this was bad news for him. Tesla shares are currently around $217 each, having been at $240 before the product unveilings.
Despite this financial shock, Musk is still the richest person in the world, and has an estimated net worth of more than $245 billion, according to Forbes.
He’ll no doubt still be hoping for a recovery in Tesla’s share price though…
