Elon Musk is named Time Magazine's 2021 Person of the Year: Says he and Grimes are only 'semi-separated', slams vaccine mandates for 'erosion of freedom' and says he will fly a Noah's ark spaceship packed full of animals to Mars
- Elon Musk has been named Time magazine's 2021 Person of the Year
- 'Few individuals have had more influence than @elonmusk on life on Earth, and potentially life off Earth too' Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal tweeted
- He recently sold most of his possessions including his seven California homes and moved into a 375-square-foot modular home in Boca Chica, Texas
- Musk says he and Grimes are 'semi-separated' mostly due to distance
- He is vaccinated but slams vaccine mandates as an 'erosion of freedom'
- Planning to colonize Mars, Musk said he will fly a Noah's ark spaceship packed full of animals to the planet
- The world's richest man has a net worth of $265.4 billion
- Tesla employees alleged the company failed to properly notify its shareholders and the public of fire risks associated with solar panel system defects
Elon Musk has been named Time magazine's 2021 Person of the Year.
The world's richest man was bestowed the honor after a year of selling off his possessions and moving to Texas, launching rockets into space, inventing new driverless cars, sharing his Asperger's diagnosis while hosting Saturday Night Live and influencing the stock market with this tweets.
Musk spoke with Time Magazine and discussed his 'semi-separated' status with Grimes, slammed vaccine mandates as an 'erosion of freedom' and shared his plans to fly a Noah's ark spaceship packed full of animals to Mars as he works to colonize the planet.
Talking from his new home state of Texas about his relationship break-down, he told Time: 'We weren't seeing each other that much, and I think this is to some degree a long-term thing, because what she needs to do is mostly in L.A. or touring, and my work is mostly in remote locations like this.'
Time magazine's Person of the Year has previously been awarded to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (2020), Greta Thunberg (2019), a group of journalists including Jamal Khashoggi (2018), women who spoke out about sexual misconduct including Taylor Swift and Ashley Judd (2017) and Donald Trump (2016)
Musk and Grimes walked the carpet at the 2018 Met Gala together (left) to make their public debut in 2018 but have since 'semi-separated' and co-parent their son X AE A-Xii (right)
Musk disclosed that he does not have new girlfriend and he and Grimes remain good friends as they co-parent their child X AE A-Xii.
'This place is basically like a technology monastery, you know. There are some women here, but not many. And it's remote.'
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO moved to the small, unincorporated community of Boca Chica, Texas, where the southern SpaceX launch site is located. Tesla has officially moved their headquarters to Austin.
Musk also confirmed that he and his children have been vaccinated, saying 'the science is unequivocal' but that he does not approve of vaccine mandates.
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'You are taking a risk, but people do risky things all the time,' speaking of the unvaccinated but he still believes that being vaccinated should be a personal choice.
'I believe we've got to watch out for the erosion of freedom in America,' he said.
One of the reason's Musk moved to the Lone Stare state was his disapproval of California's strict COVID mandates. Musk has argued with government officials over mandates and broken regulations to keep his plants open throughout the pandemic.
While fighting for freedoms in America and working to make Earth more sustainable, Musk still has his sights set on Mars.
'The goal overall has been to make life multi-planetary and enable humanity to become a spacefaring civilization,' Musk said of his continued plan to colonize the planet.
'And the next really big thing is to build a self-sustaining city on Mars and bring the animals and creatures of Earth there. Sort of like a futuristic Noah's ark. We'll bring more than two, though—it's a little weird if there's only two.'
He's also looking at the moon as he plans to touch down within the next three years.
'I think we can do a loop around the moon maybe as soon as 2023,' he said.
And moving to Mars isn't far off in his mind either. 'I'll be surprised if we're not landing on Mars within five years,' he said.
As of Monday, Musk has a net worth of $265.4 billion.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO made history several times this year including SpaceX's September launch of the first all-civilian crew into space. The aerospace company also won a $3 billion contract with NASA- sparking a feud with fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Tesla announced their plans to create a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence in 2022 and penned a deal with Hertz and Uber to make 100,000 Tesla's available to rent.
This partnership sent Tesla's stock to shoot up making the CEO's net worth jump to $302 billion, making him the first person to ever be worth more than $300 billion and richer than some countries.
This year, Musk began endorsing bitcoin and influencing its price in the stock market pushing cryptocurrency into the mainstream, which he can do with a single tweet.
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