Paranoid Elon Musk Now Constantly Surrounded by 20 Armed Bodyguards and a Medic
As his public profile grows ever larger, Elon Musk has apparently resorted to employing a massive security team to fend off would-be attackers.
As the New York Times reports based on insider interviews and leaked documents from both Tesla and the police, Musk's private security force has ballooned in recent years as the billionaire responds to his growing fame — and infamy.
In the wake of an alleged planned mass shooting at a Cybertruck event last November, for example, Musk employed more than three dozen Tesla security personnel and bodyguards from Foundation Security, a shady private firm he also owns.
With that outfit, which appears to have existed since at least 2018, Musk has built his own miniature Secret Service, the newspaper notes, with his security treating him more like a political leader than a CEO. At times, the multi-hyphenate business owner — codenamed "Voyager," like the distant NASA spacecraft — has as many as 20 weapon-toting bodyguards flanking him, often joined by a medical professional.
During a shareholder meeting earlier this year, the "Iron Man" suggested that threats on his life seemed to be getting nuttier.
