An article on ladbible, has reported that Musk, who has an estimated wealth of $264.6 billion (£203.2 billion), seemingly relies on the generosity of his mates for somewhere to kip while he’s working.  In a video interview with Chris Anderson, who is the head of the conference company TED, Musk said: "I don't even own a place right now, I'm literally staying at friends' places.

"If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla's engineering is, I basically rotate through friends' spare bedrooms,"

Well, it’s certainly true that people don’t become super rich by being frivolous with the money that they have. Elon isn’t exactly short of a couple of quid though.

To be fair, he could probably buy a flat every night and repeat the process every day with the amount of cash he’s hoarding.

Musk was being pressed by Anderson about the attitude some members of the public have towards billionaires, with specific reference to how much tax some of the world’s wealthiest people pay, and the fact that some people have more money than they need and others have absolutely nothing.

 Musk said: "For sure, it would be very problematic if I was spending billions of dollars a year in personal consumption, but that is not the case.” Read more on this story here. And if you are interested in knowing just how much all his houses cost at some point, click here.