Elon Musk could be about to solve one of his biggest weaknesses, according to an expert.
Writer Robert Kiyosaki, who is a long-time supporter of the billionaire Twitter owner, has claimed that Musk's main issue is the semi-precious metal silver.
Due to Musk's main businesses – Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter – being in the tech sphere, it is thought that the 51-year-old uses a lot of silver in his products.
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From cars to rockets, he needs a lot of it as it is used in electrical wiring and thermal conductivity.
When it comes to Twitter, the servers – of which the site uses several of them – use silver inside for cooling and conductivity.
And Kiyosaki has divulged what could possibly be Musk's next mega-millions purchase – and he might have an inside track on Musk, as the pair are thought to be close.
Taking to Twitter, the author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, posted: “ELON’s WEAKNESS is silver.
“All of his businesses burn silver. He will probably buy his own silver mine.
“I own a mine and real silver coin – spot price silver low.
“Losers complain about silver’s high premiums, spot low because price manipulation.
“Be like Elon and me – pay the premium.”
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Silver is also a key raw material for Tesla's energy, which uses solar panels where silver is a key component of conducting electricity through capturing the sun's rays.
It had been rumoured that Musk bought around £400million's worth of silver in January, but he never confirmed it.
It was thought that the eye-watering amount was purely for Tesla's car manufacturing business, however.
As of yesterday (Tuesday, December 6), the world's richest man Musk had lost around £2billion in net value compared to last year.
Despite that, he is still worth a whopping £87bn – so buying a silver mine shouldn't be much of an issue for the controversial tech mogul.
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