Elon Musk’s security team, known as Voyager, has 20 security agents who follow him everywhere, even to the bathroom.
According to a report by the The New York Times Tesla The boss doesn’t move without his bodyguards.
However, Jack DorseyThe former Twitter CEO and Musk’s predecessor often traveled without bodyguards in San Francisco.
In January 2016, the total cost of MuskMusk’s guarantee amounted to more than $163,000, a figure that has risen significantly over the years. The report cited Tesla’s filing, which said the company paid $2.4 million in 2023 and another $500,000 through February 2024 for Musk’s guarantee.
During Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting in June, Musk spoke about threats against him. He claimed that two “homicidal maniacs” had threatened to kill him. The report said that Elon Musk had secretly purchased a house in 2022 after his previous address was made public.
That same year, Musk bought Twitter, which was later renamed X. In December 2022, he attempted to suspend the X account of a college student who tracked his private jet and more than 24 other accounts. He claimed that these were “basically murder coordinates,” according to the report.
In addition to Musk, security has also been beefed up for former Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn, who had received a death threat via email demanding $300,000 in bitcoin, according to reports. Such threats are said to have occurred between 2022 and 2023 from Tesla headquarters. Law enforcement classified them as “terrorist threats.”
Elon Musk and his companies, Tesla and SpaceX, have spent millions of dollars to ensure their security. According to the New York Times report, which cites internal Tesla documents, they have paid security firm Gavin de Becker & Associates and others. The report claims, citing documents and security experts, that Elon Musk also created Foundation Security to protect against threats.
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