I think his original plan was to have around $40 million left over even if tesla and spacex failed, but when they both ran into difficulties in 2008-9 IIRC, I t

I think his original plan was to have around $40 million left over even if tesla and spacex failed, but when they both ran into difficulties in 2008-9 IIRC, I think he put the rest of his money into both companies to keep them going https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=3663 https://youtu.be/AeeeEDSekG8?t=3663 [EDIT: in this interview he talks about the fact he had “no money” and had to borrow money for rent around that time]