During a question-and-answer session for Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, the electric automaker’s CEO, Elon Musk, noted that multiple attempts on his life in the past seven months have occurred for no seemingly apparent reason other than his social and business prominence.
The response stemmed from an investor’s inquiry asking the billionaire what he’s doing to take care of himself with his high-profile nature.
This Tesla investor asked Musk: “In the context of being a shareholder, unlocking these values of optimists, we need you, and just, with all the global uncertainty, you’re so high-profile that I just want to make sure you’re doing everything to take care of yourself.”
Musk replied: “It is getting a little crazy these days. You know, like, to first approximation, the probability that a homicidal maniac will try to kill you is proportional to how many homicidal maniacs hear your name.”
The Tesla co-founder laughed and said: “They hear my name a lot, and I’m like, ok, I’m on the list.”
