"Or, at least I'm the first to admit it," Musk said.
Elon Musk has made some controversial statements, most recently he was criticized for playing down the severity of the coronavirus in interviews.
In his opening monologue, he said that the diagnosis may explain his sometimes startling behavior.
-I know I say or post weird things, but that's simply how my brain works.
If I'm upset anyone, I just want to say: I reinvented the electric car and I'll send humans to Mars in a space rocket.
Did you think I was going to be a laid back, normal guy?
Asperger's syndrome was previously a uniform diagnosis, but today falls under the so-called autism spectrum.
Common symptoms are, for example, that the person has very specific interests, wants to follow routines, interprets things literally and has difficulty understanding social interaction.