Elon Musk’s 77-Year-Old Mother Reveals Shocking Truth: She Sleeps in the Garage on Floor Blankets When Visiting Her Son

In a world where billionaire lifestyles often mean private jets, gold-plated bathtubs, and sprawling estates in Malibu or the Hamptons, Elon Musk has managed to rewrite the definition of what it means to be rich—and not in the way most people expect.

While Musk’s net worth recently soared past $380,000,000,000, placing him comfortably at the top of the list of the wealthiest people in history, his 77-year-old mother, Maye Musk, has made a startling revelation that shakes the glossy surface of his empire.

According to Maye, when she visits her son, she doesn’t stay in a luxurious guest suite or a high-end hotel.

Instead, she sleeps on a mattress in his garage.

Sometimes it’s blankets on the floor, sometimes a couch.

And it’s not just once or twice—this is the norm.

To the average person, the idea that the mother of a man who can casually buy Twitter, launch satellites, or design humanoid robots sleeps in a garage might sound absurd.

But to Maye, it’s just another chapter in a long tradition of the Musk family’s gritty, no-frills resilience.

She herself put it plainly in a 2022 interview with The Times of London: “You can’t have a fancy house near a rocket site,” referencing SpaceX’s Starbase, located in the remote reaches of Texas.

The facility, which is rapidly becoming the heart of Musk’s Martian dreams, doesn’t come with nearby Ritz-Carltons.

It doesn’t even come with basic suburban comfort.

It’s wind-swept, sunbaked, and rugged—a frontier in every sense of the word.

And so, when Maye visits, she adapts.

She sleeps in the garage.

But this isn’t a tale of maternal victimhood.

Maye isn’t complaining.

In fact, she’s laughing about it.

On her own X account (formerly Twitter), she posted about the humble accommodations:
“Many memories of sleeping on mattresses or blankets on the floor, on couches, or a bed in the garage. This happens to @kimbal @ToscaMusk and me. We adapt.”

Then, with the dry wit of a woman who’s survived much harder conditions, she added:
“It’s still better than sleeping on the ground in the Kalahari Desert with lions or hyenas nearby, which I did as a child.”

This comparison isn’t hyperbole.

Maye Musk, a South African-born dietitian, model, and author, grew up in an environment far harsher than any Tesla factory floor or Texas garage.

Her childhood memories include wild landscapes, dangerous predators, and surviving with limited resources.

In that light, the garage situation is almost cozy.

Still, for outsiders, it remains a stunning portrait of a billionaire’s family culture: no red carpets, no pampering, no pedestals—just the floor, a blanket, and the family mantra: adapt.