The world's richest person, Elon Musk, has sold all seven of his homes in California for $128million, just a week after singer Grimes claimed that her former partner sometimes lives 'below poverty line'.?
In May 2020, Musk had announced on Twitter that he would be downsizing his life and would own "no house". Now, he seems to have has followed through on his vow by selling all seven of his California homes.
Between June 2020 and November 2021, the Tesla CEO sold the properties for about $128 million, making a profit of around $25 million, Business Insider reported.
Four of Musk¡¯s houses in Bel-Air were sold to Los Angeles property developer Ardie Tavangarian, who said he was thinking about combining them.
Among the properties Musk sold was the former home of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory actor Gene Wilder. The house was bought by Hollywood actor¡¯s nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman.
Musk also sold one of his Bel Air mansions to Chinese billionaire William Ding, who paid $29 million for the lavish property.??
This comes only a week after his on-again, off-again partner Grimes told Vanity Fair in an interview that the tech billionaire is very much a minimalist man, and sometimes lives "below the poverty line."
"Bro does not live like a billionaire. Bro lives at times below the poverty line.?To the point where I was like, can we not live in a very insecure $40,000 house? Where the neighbors, like, film us, and there's no security, and I'm eating peanut butter for eight days in a row?" Grimes told the outlet.? ?
She added that?Musk?¡®wouldn¡¯t even get a new mattress¡¯ because he didn't want to splash out.?Ok, this one is hard to believe.? ?
?In the interview, she also revealed that she has a second child with Musk. The baby, Exa Dark Sider?l Musk (also known by the nicknames "Y" and "Sailor Mars"), was born via surrogate.?
Grimes?also told Vanity Fair about how dating the richest person in the world made her feel "trapped between two worlds."?
"I mean, when people say I'm a class traitor that is not an inaccurate description," she said, per the outlet. "I was deeply from the far left and I converted to being essentially a capitalist Democrat. A lot of people are understandably upset."?
In September last year, it was reported that Musk and Grimes had broken up after three years of dating. The billionaire has recently been spotted with Australian actress Natasha Bassett.
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