Musk Accompanied by Bodyguards from Twitter Headquarters to Restroom... Feeling Threatened

South African Father's Home Security System Also Strengthened

Elon Musk, CEO of five companies including Tesla and Twitter, has been reportedly feeling threatened to the extent that he is accompanied by bodyguards even to the bathroom. It is said that he is taking measures such as strengthening home security due to concerns that not only he but also his family members are exposed to threats.

On the 7th (local time), BBC cited a current Twitter engineer using the pseudonym 'Sam' to report on what is happening inside Twitter. The engineer said, "Whenever Musk goes anywhere in the office, he is accompanied by at least two very large bodyguards who look like they belong in a Hollywood movie. He even takes them with him to the bathroom." Sam assessed that this issue arose because CEO Musk has deep distrust toward Twitter employees.

Elon Musk (right) moving with a bodyguard [Image source=EPA Yonhap News]

CEO Musk has previously mentioned publicly several times that he feels threatened. In 2021, he asked a teenage boy named Jack Sweeney, who created a Twitter account that could track Musk’s private jet, to delete it. At that time, Musk appealed in a message to Sweeney, calling it a "security risk" and saying, "I don’t want to think about getting shot by a crazy person."

Musk’s flight routes are tracked in real time. Bloomberg reported that based on this information, he used his private jet 171 times last year, the most among major figures. This included trips such as moving from Hawthorne, California, where SpaceX headquarters is located, to Los Angeles International Airport, only 13 minutes away, in May last year.

After acquiring Twitter in October last year, Musk blocked the private jet tracking account 'ElonJet(@ElonJet)' operated by Sweeney in December of the same year and suspended all of Sweeney’s other accounts. Musk explained the reason by saying, "My family is in danger," and "Posting links containing real-time location information on Twitter will be blocked."

On December 15 last year, Musk posted a video on Twitter of a person presumed to be a stalker who ran toward a car he thought his son was in, but Musk himself was actually in the car.

In January, Musk’s father, Errol (76), revealed that his son has spent a huge amount of money to strengthen security at his home in South Africa. They deployed armed guards 24 hours a day and enhanced the security system with cameras and electric fences. In an interview with The Sun, Errol said, "I am not scared. But I am afraid something might happen to Elon, who is accompanied by 100 bodyguards."

The U.S. economic media Business Insider reported, "It is not unusual for famous corporate executives to be accompanied by bodyguards or to spend huge amounts on security." Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, allocated a budget of $14 million this year for the personal security of CEO Mark Zuckerberg. This includes costs for bodyguards protecting not only Zuckerberg himself but also his family, security-related equipment, and residential security enhancements.

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