Close Menu
TechCentralTechCentral

    Subscribe to the newsletter

    Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning.

    Facebook X (Twitter) YouTube LinkedIn
    WhatsApp Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn YouTube
    TechCentralTechCentral
    • News

      World Bank set to back South Africa’s big energy grid roll-out

      20 June 2025

      The algorithm will sing now: why musicians should be worried about AI

      20 June 2025

      Sita hits back at critics, promises faster, automated procurement

      20 June 2025

      The transatlantic race to create the first television

      20 June 2025

      Listed: All the MVNOs in South Africa – 2025 edition

      19 June 2025
    • World

      Watch | Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

      19 June 2025

      Trump Mobile dials into politics, profit and patriarchy

      17 June 2025

      Samsung plots health data hub to link users and doctors in real time

      17 June 2025

      Beijing’s chip champions blacklisted by Taiwan

      16 June 2025

      China is behind in AI chips – but for how much longer?

      13 June 2025
    • In-depth

      Meta bets $72-billion on AI – and investors love it

      17 June 2025

      MultiChoice may unbundle SuperSport from DStv

      12 June 2025

      Grok promised bias-free chat. Then came the edits

      2 June 2025

      Digital fortress: We go inside JB5, Teraco’s giant new AI-ready data centre

      30 May 2025

      Sam Altman and Jony Ive’s big bet to out-Apple Apple

      22 May 2025
    • TCS

      TCS+ | AfriGIS’s Helen Hulett on how tech can help resolve South Africa’s water crisis

      18 June 2025

      TechCentral Nexus S0E2: South Africa’s digital battlefield

      16 June 2025

      TechCentral Nexus S0E1: Starlink, BEE and a new leader at Vodacom

      8 June 2025

      TCS+ | The future of mobile money, with MTN’s Kagiso Mothibi

      6 June 2025

      TCS+ | AI is more than hype: Workday execs unpack real human impact

      4 June 2025
    • Opinion

      South Africa pioneered drone laws a decade ago – now it must catch up

      17 June 2025

      AI and the future of ICT distribution

      16 June 2025

      Singapore soared – why can’t we? Lessons South Africa refuses to learn

      13 June 2025

      Beyond the box: why IT distribution depends on real partnerships

      2 June 2025

      South Africa’s next crisis? Being offline in an AI-driven world

      2 June 2025
    • Company Hubs
      • Africa Data Centres
      • AfriGIS
      • Altron Digital Business
      • Altron Document Solutions
      • Altron Group
      • Arctic Wolf
      • AvertITD
      • Braintree
      • CallMiner
      • CYBER1 Solutions
      • Digicloud Africa
      • Digimune
      • Domains.co.za
      • ESET
      • Euphoria Telecom
      • Incredible Business
      • iONLINE
      • Iris Network Systems
      • LSD Open
      • NEC XON
      • Network Platforms
      • Next DLP
      • Ovations
      • Paracon
      • Paratus
      • Q-KON
      • SevenC
      • SkyWire
      • Solid8 Technologies
      • Telit Cinterion
      • Tenable
      • Vertiv
      • Videri Digital
      • Wipro
      • Workday
    • Sections
      • AI and machine learning
      • Banking
      • Broadcasting and Media
      • Cloud services
      • Contact centres and CX
      • Cryptocurrencies
      • Education and skills
      • Electronics and hardware
      • Energy and sustainability
      • Enterprise software
      • Fintech
      • Information security
      • Internet and connectivity
      • Internet of Things
      • Investment
      • IT services
      • Lifestyle
      • Motoring
      • Public sector
      • Retail and e-commerce
      • Science
      • SMEs and start-ups
      • Social media
      • Talent and leadership
      • Telecoms
    • Events
    • Advertise
    TechCentralTechCentral
    Home » World » Musk, back on Rogan podcast, explains why he’s selling his possessions

    Musk, back on Rogan podcast, explains why he’s selling his possessions

    By Agency Staff8 May 2020
    Twitter LinkedIn Facebook WhatsApp Email Telegram Copy Link
    News Alerts
    WhatsApp
    Elon Musk

    Elon Musk elaborated on his pledge to sell his homes and most of his possessions, telling comedian Joe Rogan that people are increasingly and wrongly taking a dim view on the existence of billionaires.

    “Possessions kind of weigh you down,” the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX said on the The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. “They’re kind of an attack vector, you know? People say, ‘Hey, billionaire, you’ve got all this stuff.’ Well, now I don’t have stuff. Now what are you going to do?”

    Musk, 48, listed two of his California homes for sale on Sunday, seeking a combined US$39.5-million for the Bel Air properties, including one previously owned by the late Gene Wilder. He vowed to sell the houses and most of his possessions in a burst of 1 May tweets in which he also said he believed Tesla’s stock price was too high.

    I saw this whole thing play out in China before it played out in the US. It’s like watching the same movie again but in English

    Tesla’s market value earlier this week reached the threshold needed for Musk to collect 1.69 million stock options he can exercise at $350.02 apiece, giving them a value of more than $700-million. Achieving all of the moonshot goals laid out in the pay package could yield Musk more than $50-billion, according to Tesla’s estimates.

    Musk and Rogan spoke for roughly two hours about Musk’s son born earlier this week, his brain-interface start-up Neuralink and the coronavirus, among other topics.

    “I saw this whole thing play out in China before it played out in the US,” Musk said of the spread of the virus. “It’s like watching the same movie again but in English.”

    Affront

    Musk has been critical of shutdown measures, saying they’re an affront to civil liberties. The company’s vehicle-assembly plant in Fremont, California has been idle since late March, and health authorities in the San Francisco Bay area have told people to shelter in place until the end of the month.

    Governor Gavin Newsom has signalled that California is ready to enter the second stage of its re-opening, but counties can set their own timelines.

    “We’re rapidly moving toward opening up the country,” Musk said. “It’s going to happen extremely fast over the next few weeks.”

    Musk said Tesla’s next priorities are ramping up output of the new Model Y crossover, constructing a factory near Berlin, expanding production at a new plant on the outskirts of Shanghai and developing the Cybertruck. Musk said the Cybertruck is likely to arrive before the next-generation Roadster sports car.

    Musk caused a firestorm when he last appeared on the podcast in September 2018 by taking a drag from a joint Rogan said contained tobacco mixed with marijuana. The Pentagon later reviewed the federal security clearance Musk obtained as CEO of SpaceX, which is certified to launch military spy satellites. The company is scheduled to fly American astronauts to the International Space Station for Nasa later this month.  — Reported by Dana Hull and Ed Ludlow, with assistance from Anders Melin, (c) 2020 Bloomberg LP



    Elon Musk Joe Rogan Nasa SpaceX Tesla top
    Subscribe to TechCentral Subscribe to TechCentral
    Share. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram Email Copy Link
    Previous ArticleDays from the halving, bitcoin again tops $10 000
    Next Article US to allow firms to join Huawei in setting telecoms standards

    Related Posts

    Watch | Starship rocket explodes in setback to Musk’s Mars mission

    19 June 2025

    Starlink to South Africa: ‘We are ready to invest’

    17 June 2025

    Up to Icasa whether Starlink gets a licence: Malatsi

    11 June 2025
    Company News

    Making IT happen: how Trade Link gears up to enable SA retail strategies

    20 June 2025

    Why parents choose CambriLearn for online education

    19 June 2025

    Disrupt first, ask questions later – the uncomfortable truth about incident response

    18 June 2025
    Opinion

    South Africa pioneered drone laws a decade ago – now it must catch up

    17 June 2025

    AI and the future of ICT distribution

    16 June 2025

    Singapore soared – why can’t we? Lessons South Africa refuses to learn

    13 June 2025

    Subscribe to Updates

    Get the best South African technology news and analysis delivered to your e-mail inbox every morning.

    © 2009 - 2025 NewsCentral Media

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.