The business magnate who owns multiple giant corporations like SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter insists it's 'a mistake' to automatically give children shares of companies.
- May 26, 2023
AceShowbiz - Elon Musk won't hand over control of his companies to his children. The 51-year-old business magnate is ranked among the richest men in the world with a reported net worth of $188 billion thanks to his companies SpaceX and Tesla but has insisted he is "not in the school" of leaving everything to any of his 10 children - who he has from various relationships - by default.
"I am definitely not of the school of automatically giving my kids some shares of the companies, even if they have no interest or inclination or ability to manage the company. I think it's a mistake," he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal's CEO Council.
Elon went on to hint that there are some "particular individuals" he recommended taking over if something were to happen to him unexpectedly but did not elaborate who said individuals would gain control in the event of his death.
He said, "There are particular individuals identified that I've told the board look, 'If something happens to me unexpectedly, this is my recommendation for taking over. So in all cases, the board is aware of who my recommendation."
Earlier this month, Elon revealed that he was ready to step down from his role as CEO of social networking site Twitter - just months after he purchased the platform in a $44 billion deal - and revealed that his shoes would now be filled by an unnamed female, later revealed to be Linda Yaccarino.
He tweeted, "Excited to announce that I've hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks! My role will transition to being exec chair + CTO, overseeing product, software + sysops (sic)."
