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Elon Musk binges on Netflix, HBO and … bakes cookies? What the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX does in his free time

STORYKate Berbano
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, likes to bake on his time off? Photo: @elonrmuskk/Instagram
The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, likes to bake on his time off? Photo: @elonrmuskk/Instagram
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The world’s 5th centibillionaire spends his spare time binge viewing Black Mirror and Silicon Valley, playing video games Deus Ex, Fallout and BioShock, reading books, hosting Sunday morning baking sessions and throwing lavish themed parties. He’s even made cameos in Iron Man 2, The Big Bang Theory and The Simpsons

As the fifth centibillionaire and fifth-wealthiest person in the world, Elon Musk devotes most of his time to being the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX. But like anyone, he needs some downtime now and then – here are five things that the tech mogul enjoys besides obsessing over space travel, electric cars (and collecting his own sizeable garage of motors, electric and otherwise).
The fifth-wealthiest person in the world, Elon Musk. Photo: @elonrmuskk/Instagram
The fifth-wealthiest person in the world, Elon Musk. Photo: @elonrmuskk/Instagram
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He devours books

Book lover Elon Musk. Photo: @elonofficiall/Instagram
Book lover Elon Musk. Photo: @elonofficiall/Instagram
It is no secret that the real-life Iron Man is a certified bookworm. Elon Musk’s mind was exposed to books from an early age while growing up in South Africa. It came to a point where nine-year-old Musk had already read everything in the local library. Reading that ranged from fantasy and sci-fi novels to biographies and structural engineering gave him heroes to look up to and inspired him to build rockets.

He likes baking cookies on Sundays

A young Elon Musk. Photo: @elon_musk2020/Instagram
A young Elon Musk. Photo: @elon_musk2020/Instagram

How does this 49-year-old serial entrepreneur spend his weekends? Baking cookies! In a 2016 tweet, Elon Musk shared how baking on a Sunday morning should not even be a question. As it turns out, his younger brother and restaurateur Kimbal Musk is not the only one in the family who has skills in the kitchen.

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