When it comes to the daily lives of billionaires, most people think of burning money, buying yachts, luxury homes and supercars. The real local tyrant life is not the kind of nouveau riche in the country, but tasteful enjoyment. Musk has struggled with his career, but that doesn't mean he won't enjoy it.
The CEOs of most Silicon Valley companies are more stereotyped, but Musk has obvious traces of the entertainment industry, he does not mind the media paying too much attention to his love life, and even actively active in Hollywood.
When we think of American luxury homes, we can't help but think of Beverly Hills, a well-known luxury district with the title of "the world's most exclusive residential area" and a dream place for the world's rich.
In fact, Beverly Hills is not a mountain villa, nor is it the name of a real estate, but a city located in the west of Los Angeles County, California. Beverly Hills and neighboring West Hollywood are completely surrounded by Los Angeles, an upscale residential area known as the "Platinum Triangle" and made up of three areas: Beverly Hills, Bel Air and Holmby Hills.
Mansions are the norm for every tech mogul, and Musk is no exception. On January 1, 2013, Musk spent $17 million to buy the Bel-Air Seaview Villa near Beverly Hills. The villa is in very good condition, Musk once rented here for 3 years, it is not far from SpaceX headquarters and Tesla research and development center.
The 20,248-square-foot (1,881-square-meter) French-colonial building is located on a secluded hilltop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, with gated and tree-shaded rocks supporting the front platform. There is a tennis court, an outdoor pool and a secluded path. At the end of the trail is a large tree, on which Musk built a treehouse. Musk's brother, Kimber, joked that they occasionally played tennis together, but because they were both competitive, he had to run away every time he won a ball.
The interior of the mansion is just as luxurious, with all the grandeur of luxury you would expect a billionaire to have, including 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms and countless fireplaces, enough for his 5 children to play inside. The master bathroom has a lot of space, and Musk installed a treadmill in it. Under the flat-screen TV opposite the treadmill next to the bathtub, there is a homemade ceramic model of the Tyrannosaurus rex, which is very flattering. There are chairs on the lawn in the backyard of the villa for barbecue.
Musk's home is luxurious and empty, with no trace of anyone else in the home. Musk is busy, and the house is just a stopover in his life, a nest of men who can play dystopian video games, talk about business or have fun. The leather sofa and the coffee table engraved with the periodic table are his de facto workstations. He often sent and received mail there and conducted official business. As the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, it is no exaggeration to say that he has every opportunity.
On January 2, 2015, Musk divorced his second wife, British actress Delula, so that there was no sign of a woman living in the entire house - clothes, shoes, cosmetics, not even any personal photos. Oh, and in addition to a private photo, there is a picture frame on the other wall with a picture of a chair presented with the frame, and some colorful works doodled by his 5 young sons.
In the mansion, there is a two-story white library with a turnstile, filled with books on art, space, photography, design, history, current affairs and space design. He never refuses to come from books, and his life is even more exciting because of this habit. Now, Musk is beginning to use his iPhone to show his hunger for reading. The pool is covered and there are no toys, open-air chairs or barbecue grills in the manicured backyard.
The mansion has a dark wine cellar buried deep underground, and the home theater where he spends the most time. With giant screens, the theater is perfect for playing apocalyptic-themed video games, which are still one of the busy Musk's favorite ways to relax. He's a big fan of BioShock, a first-person shooter like Ayn Rand's novel. Musk stared into the screen with both eyes and explained: "This game tells us that Hegel's dialectic determines the course of history. You can say that they are conflicting philosophies or competing cultural genomes, and if you look at modern history, there are not so many competing genetic problems, it's like a war between cultural genetic structures. ”
As for whether Musk's passion for gaming is still burning, he gave some of his favorites. These include the turn-based strategy game Civilization and the real-time strategy series Warcraft. He even played Kerbal Space Program (KSP), a sandbox-style aerospace simulation game developed by Squad with a high degree of freedom. However, he may not have much time to spend on this at the moment, because he has become a true rocket scientist.
Outside the house, a Tesla Roadster, a Model S, a Porsche 911 and an Audi sport utility vehicle Q7 are parked in a five-car garage.
Unsurprisingly, Musk drives a Model S on a daily basis. However, he is more adventurous than he thinks, because he drives the car and becomes the role of product manager: the company's ongoing self-driving project, and Musk himself will participate in the test. "We test the latest version of the self-driving program every week, and usually I test the second or third version of the software in my car to make sure that the software product is released without problems," he said. ”
Musk loves to gather friends who work in software for parties: there's a wide tiled terrace, tennis courts and swimming pools, but no extreme pleasure. Indeed, it feels like a model house, lacking the warmth of home. The photography in the frame is an ordinary scene, and small things like loose doorknobs require the attention of homeowners.
Even then, Musk was already considering buying the mansion from Mitch Julis, the co-founder of Canyons Partners. In 2008, Julis initially asked for $27 million. Musk said he wanted to make the house more to his taste.
On October 24, 2013, Musk paid another $6.75 million to buy a house in Bel-Air, California, from a neighbor. The house is just across the street from his current home.
Behind Musk's new home, his original mansion can be clearly seen. According to real estate records, Musk's new home is only a few hundred feet away from the original mansion. Much smaller than Musk's current mansion, the farm-style house has only 3 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, 2,756 square feet (about 256 square meters), an oval pool, and a private guest cabana. The house was the long-term residence of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" protagonist Gene Wilder, who lived here from 1976 to 2007.
Although Musk's new house is small, it is a unique opportunity. This house is the perfect place to build your dream property. It is located on a 1-acre (6 acre) high angle overlooking a beautiful creek, thriving trees, the famous Bel Air Country Club Golf Course green 13 and the white sandbunker of fairway 14. The plot on which the house is located has been raised so that the city view can be seen in the distance.
Musk has gone through 3 divorces and is currently single. It is possible that he will use the opportunity brought by the new house to create a more luxurious mansion, or he will tear down the newly bought house to create a better view and privacy for the mansion he now lives in.
He's not the first billionaire to take a fancy to a neighbor's house. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer have both recently paid millions of dollars for nearby or nearby properties to protect their privacy. #Media Weekly#