Tensions in Tesla Boss Entourage: Elon Musk Wanted to Entrust Fortune to Russian Poker Player
It has prevailed in the dense entourage around Elon Musk, The Wall Street Journal reveals. Not so much because of the (discontinued) takeover of Twitter but because of a fierce battle for who could manage the fortune of the richest person in the world.
A story with two protagonists who are opposites.
On the one hand, you have Jared Birchall, a 48-year-old Mormon wealth manager who has held several senior positions in the past at major banks such as Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley and has been Elon Musk's trusted right-hand man for ten years now. On the other hand, you have Igor Kurganov, a 34-year-old Russian who dropped out of school "because he smoked too much weed" and made a career as a professional poker player.
Musk and Kurganov have not known each other very long but wou...