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Love him or loathe him, there's no denying that tell-all confessional from Elon Musk would soar straight to the top of the book charts. If peeking inside the mind of the tech mogul wasn't tantalizing enough, the fact that Musk has never been afraid to run his mouth and sling mud suggests his own autobiography would dish the dirt on his many famous friends and those who've crossed his path over the years.
In the aftermath of Elon Musk's spectacular claims that President Donald Trump is named in the Epstein files, it's got us wondering what kind of wild stories would fill the pages of his autobiography. Whether it's the complicated relationship with his equally outspoken father, his estranged daughter, ex-wife Grimes, or any of the other women who've supposedly fathered his children, Musk's life is full of some colorful characters.
All of this is before we even get to his rumbling feuds with the likes of Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman, while he could probably write a whole book simply on his short stint in politics as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency.
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Taking to X, the world's richest man seemingly teased an autobiography as he wrote: "I need to tell my story myself and highlight lessons that I learned along the way that would be useful to others."
While it's true that some of his story has been told by Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk, that's nothing compared to hearing from the man himself.
Musk's latest musings come after Isaacson publicly spoke out against him.
In an interview with C-SPAN‘s America’s Book Club, Isaacson said Musk “could have changed the government for good,' but went on to criticize his work with DOGE. Taking particular issue with Musk's mass firing of federal workers, Isaacson also lamented: "I watched him move from being an Obama supporter to becoming very anti-woke and populist. I knew he wanted to go into government."
Musk wants to put across his own version of events, but over on Reddit, it seems many of you just don't think you can trust that version of events.
you gotta write a book that would be epic
— Gali (@Gfilche) November 17, 2025
Critics have pointed out how Musk's Grok is supposed to be a truth-telling AI, highlighting how it's recently become obsessed with white genocide, been called out for praising Hitler, and seemingly asked a minor to send nudes.
With Musk working on Grokipedia as his own 'truthful' rival to Wikipedia, there are further concerns.
Responding to the idea that Musk will tell the truth in his own autobiography, one person complained: "It’s going to amazingly braggadocios he’s going to be the best lover, father and human on the planet. They’ll be sidebars written by his mother and any other baby mamas still willing to talk to him and it will be the most hilariously badly written book ever."
Another alleged: "Will he detail all the lies he told to pump his stock? The Nazi salutes? Paying people to play games for him so he can pass their achievements off as their own?"
A third concluded: "'Himself.' Every single f**king word written by Grok. He'll even get Grok to proofread and critique it. Then he'll publish it himself and all of his chuds will buy it. Then he'll purchase a million copies himself to get it on the NY Times bestseller list."
If Musk releases his own autobiography, you can bet it'll be on many a nightstand as we try to understand what makes him tick.
