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Billionaire Elon Musk's Loneliness

According to a recent (2017) article in Rolling Stone magazine, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has it all—except love. Musk is one of the only people in the world who has started four separate billion dollar companies. After his divorce to his ex-wife Justine and his breakup with his actress girlfriend, Musk has no one with whom to share his luxurious lifestyle. The 46-year-old Musk said, "Being in a big empty house, and no footsteps echoing through the hallways, no one over there … How do you make yourself happy in a situation like that?"

He added, "When I was a child, there was one thing I said: 'I never want to be alone.'" And then he whispered again, "I never want to be alone."

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