- Elon Musk is a known workaholic, and he has the numbers to back that up.
- He told CNBC's David Faber he works throughout the year except for "two or three" days.
Elon Musk is a workaholic, and he's got the numbers to back that up.
The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX told $4 that he pretty much works throughout the year.
In response to a question about whether Tesla and SpaceX employees need to come into the office every day, Musk said he works "seven days a week," but that he's "not expecting others to do that." Musk also said that he thinks working remotely is $4
"In terms of how many days in a year do I not put in some meaningful amount of work? It's probably about two or three," he told Faber.
He also said he gets about six hours of sleep a night.
"That's not bad, I thought it would be less," Faber said, to which, Musk responded: "I tried less. Even though I am awake more hours, I get less done. And the brain pain level is bad if I get less than six hours."
Musk's obsession with working long hours has been extensively covered in the media.
$4 that Musk had been working 120-hour weeks to keep the production of the Tesla Model 3 on track — to the extent $4.
$4 that he spent his birthday at the Tesla offices. "All night — no friends, nothing," he told the publication.
Musk did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent via Tesla outside regular business hours.