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| Elon Musk, who oversees six companies, said, ‘If drugs really helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them.’ (Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg) |
The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Elon Musk’s use of illegal drugs was common knowledge among several current and former Tesla Inc. and SpaceX directors.
There were concerns about the amount of illegal drug use by Musk and that he had consumed drugs along with some of his board members, the newspaper reported, citing people who witnessed or heard of drug use. . Information was given about. The newspaper said the board did not investigate the issue or document any concerns.
The relationship between Musk and his directors was criticized this week by a Delaware judge, who cited the board’s conflict of interest in his ruling that Musk’s $55 billion pay package was excessive.
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Elon Musk and his lawyer Alex Spiro did not respond to WSJ’s requests for comment. The newspaper previously reported that Musk often used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms at private parties. Spiro told WSJ in that report that Musk was regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and that he had never failed a test.
Citing some people, the newspaper said on Saturday that some friends and directors feel that they have to take illegal drugs with Musk because it could upset him. The newspaper said they also did not want to risk “losing social capital” by remaining within its ambit.
Musk responded on X to a WSJ story about his alleged drug use last month.
If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 8, 2024
“Whatever I’m doing, I should obviously keep doing it!” Musk posted on X, citing Tesla and SpaceX as being the world’s most valuable car and space companies. “If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!”
Musk oversees six companies: Tesla, SpaceX and X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter; tunneling enterprise The Boring Company; brain implant developer Neuralink; and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
