Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who declared he would not own a house two years ago, sold all seven homes and became a real 'homeless'.
On the 10th local time, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that Musk made about 25 million dollars (about 30.7 billion won) in capital gains by selling seven houses between June 2020 and November last year.
According to reports, Musk bought six mansions worth $122 million in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles between 2012 and 2019.
He also owned a more than 100-year-old mansion in Hillsboro, Northern California, which became known as the most expensive real estate he owned.
Musk bought the mansion for $23.36 million (about $28.7 billion) and sold it back for $30 million (about $36.9 billion), and sold a total of seven homes for $130 million (about $ 156 billion) to about $25 million. , earned 30 billion won in our money.
"The people who bought Musk's house were the founders, developers and Chinese billionaires of financial technology companies," the WSJ said.
Locals say that when Musk owned the house for a month, there were loud parties, construction cars and Tesla cars, but now it's surprisingly quiet.
Back in May 2020, Musk declared, "I'm selling almost all of my fortune. I'm not going to own a house."
When a netizen asked why at the time, Musk replied "Freedom".
Musk later revealed that he had rented a prefab home in Texas for $50,000 (61.53 million won), and it was confirmed that Musk was actually registered as a voter in the area.
Musk said he was satisfied with the prefab home as "a small but really great home," and he said he plans to move his company headquarters, including Tesla, to Texas.
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(Picture='WSJ'·'boxabl' homepage capture, Elon Musk's Twitter)