According to a Twitter engineer who spoke to the BBC, Elon Musk is escorted around the company’s offices by at least two bodyguards who even follow him to the lavatory.
The engineer described the bodyguards as “bulky,” “tall,” and like they were taken straight out of a “Hollywood movie” when speaking to the BBC under the condition of anonymity in order to safeguard their work.
High-powered executives and CEOs frequently travel with bodyguards, and businesses frequently spend a lot of money equipping them with security details.
According to a BBC article published on Sunday, the engineer claimed that he believed Musk’s deployment of bodyguards inside Twitter’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, indicated a lack of faith in the company’s staff.
When BreezyScroll contacted Twitter for a response after US business hours, they did not react right away.
In December, Musk’s security team was in the news after Musk claimed a “crazy stalker” had boarded a car carrying his son in Los Angeles
Errol Musk, Elon Musk’s father, stated in January that he was concerned for his son’s safety despite the fact that he was guarded by “100 security guards.” According to Errol, Musk had updated the security system at his South African house with armed guards on duty round-the-clock, cameras, and electrified fencing.
According to a recently filed report with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, would receive a $14 million personal security allowance per year through 2023. According to the petition, this includes personnel, tools, and residential upgrades to assist keep Zuckerberg and his family safe.
In an extensive cost-cutting effort, Musk fired thousands of Twitter employees soon after purchasing the firm in October.
Using Twitter “probably won’t extend my life expectancy,” he wrote in a tweet in May. He was responding to a tweet from a user who advised Elon Musk to “increase the number of security guards on your team.”
In December, Musk’s security team was in the news after Musk claimed a “crazy stalker” had boarded a car carrying his son in Los Angeles. The suspect in the case, according to the South Pasadena Police Department, “is a member of Elon Musk’s security team,” it was subsequently revealed.