Elon Musk’s bodyguards accompany him even to the bathroom at Twitter HQ. Elon Musk is escorted around Twitter’s headquarters by at least two bodyguards, according to an engineer at the social media company.
The engineer, who spoke to the BBC on the condition of anonymity to protect their employment, described the bodyguards as “bulky” and “tall,” and described them as looking like they came from a “Hollywood movie.”
It’s not uncommon for high-flying executives and CEOs to be accompanied by bodyguards, or for companies to spend considerable amounts of money providing them with security details.
The engineer said he thought that Musk’s use of bodyguards inside Twitter’s HQ in San Francisco, suggested a lack of trust in the company’s employees, per the BBC report published Sunday.
Elon Musk’s bodyguards accompany him even to the bathroom at Twitter HQ. Twitter did not respond immediately to Insider’s request for comment, which was made outside of US business hours.
Musk’s father, Errol, stated in January that he was concerned for his son’s safety despite the fact that he was surrounded by “100 security guards.” Musk had upgraded Errol’s security system for his South African home, which included 24-hour armed guards, cameras, and electric fencing, according to Errol.
According to a recent filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, was given a $14 million annual personal security allowance for 2023. According to the filing, this includes staff, equipment, and residential improvements to help keep Zuckerberg and his family safe.
Shortly after acquiring Twitter in October, Musk laid off thousands of the company’s employees as part of a broad cost-cutting drive.
He tweeted in May that owning Twitter “probably won’t increase my life expectancy.” He was responding to a Twitter user who said that Musk should “add more security guards to your team.”
Musk’s security detail came into the spotlight in December after Musk said a “crazy stalker” jumped on a car carrying his son in Los Angeles. The South Pasadena Police Department later said it believed the suspect in the case “to be a member of Elon Musk’s security team.”
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