Elon Musk has taken illegal drugs at parties and appeared high at events, worrying executives and board members at his various companies, an explosive new report claims.
The world’s 52nd richest man allegedly used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and magic mushrooms at parties around the world, where his irate companions must sign non-disclosure agreements or hand over their phones to attend, people who have told The Wall Street Journal. witnessed his drug use.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has also smoked marijuana in public and admitted to taking ketamine to treat his depression.
Musk took several acid pills at a party he hosted in Los Angeles in 2018. The following year he indulged in magic mushrooms at an event in Mexico and in 2021 he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, at a party in a house in Miami. the newspaper reported.
Elon Musk’s drug use has those around him worried about his health and multi-million dollar businesses. Youtube
Such drug use by Musk would have the potential to threaten his position in his publicly traded companies, where shareholders would prefer not to have a drug CEO making key decisions. SpaceX, although private, has several federal contracts that prohibit drug use, the Journal said.
In total, Musk is allegedly putting approximately $1 trillion in assets held by investors at risk, as well as tens of thousands of jobs.
Musk himself did not respond to the Journal about the story, but his spokesman, Alex Spiro, said he was drug tested regularly and never failed. He also said that “there are other false facts” in the story, but did not specify them to the Journal.
While the billionaire is known for his erratic and sometimes impulsive behavior, some executives noticed a sharp turn in 2017 when he slurred his words in a strange, rambling speech in front of hundreds of SpaceX employees, raising questions about his substance use. although there is no proof. he was drugged.
One witness described the 15-minute comments as “senseless,” “unhinged” and “embarrassing,” and SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell eventually intervened and took over, the newspaper reported.
Musk has smoked marijuana in public and admitted to taking ketamine to treat his depression. Last week tonight / Youtube
Spiro told the Journal that the account of the event was “false, as confirmed by countless people who were present,” although he did not give the newspaper details about what was false.
The Post has contacted Spiro for comment on the Journal report.
In 2018, Musk got into trouble after smoking marijuana on camera with podcaster Joe Rogan. The fallout from the video caused Tesla’s stock price to briefly drop as much as 9%, reducing the company’s value by billions of dollars.
Executives were also concerned that Musk may have been high when he suddenly tweeted that in 2018 he planned to take Tesla private, prompting an SEC investigation into whether the statement was misleading or false, people familiar with the matter told WSJ.
Musk reportedly slurred his words during a rambling speech in front of SpaceX employees in 2017, according to the Wall Street Journal. AP
Some people close to the billionaire said he was high during a media interview shortly after, in which he became emotional describing how difficult his last year had been, according to the newspaper.
Musk has attributed his strange behavior to mental illness and a lack of sleep from obsessively monitoring his companies. He confirmed in 2017 that he has bipolar disorder, which can cause dramatic mood swings, but said he had not been diagnosed.
He also admitted on social media that he takes ketamine to help with depression and said while hosting Saturday Night Live that he has Asperger’s, a type of autism.
In Musk’s authorized autobiography published last year, author Walter Isaacson wrote that Musk is prone to “demon” outbursts at work in which he lashes out at employees and executives and “can barely remember” what happened next.
Musk is quoted as saying in the book, “I don’t really like doing illegal drugs.”
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