Tesla's CFO is the latest tech executive to buy a home in Texas - see his $3.29 million lake-front Austin home
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Katie Canales
Apr 9, 2021, 04:00 IST
Downtown Austin on May 20, 2020.Tom Pennington/Getty Images
Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn has bought a $3.29 million home in West Austin.
CEO Elon Musk has said he's moving to Texas, and Tesla and SpaceX have large presences in the state.
Texas, and Austin specifically, has attracted tech talent as remote workers move from closed offices.
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Another tech executive has turned their eyes to Texas.
Tesla CFO Zachary Kirkhorn has bought a home in Austin, according to public records, proving that the Southern state is further attracting tech talent. Bloomberg first reported the purchase.
The home is on a 2.5-acre lot right on Lake Austin, west of downtown. According to the listing, which you can view below, it has five bedrooms, five and a half bathrooms, and more than 5,000 square feet.
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There's also a pool lined with trees that faces the lake. Per Travis County documents, the home was purchased by Kirkhorn and his partner, Daniel Naughton. The pair married in early 2018 in California, according to the New York Times. Naughton is a vice president of finance at Remix, a transportation software company, based on his LinkedIn profile.
The document is dated mid-November 2020 and notes that Kirkhorn paid $3.29 million for the house.
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Tesla did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
News of another executive moving to Texas comes after much speculation that tech workers are fleeing the San Francisco Bay Area and California in general. Many remote tech workers and leaders, now untethered from pandemic-shuttered offices, are free to move to more affordable locales.
On Monday, Musk called for more housing to be built in Austin as his companies Tesla and SpaceX look to hire hundreds of employees in Texas. A growing interest in moving to Austin has exacerbated an existing housing shortage in the capital city.
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