Elon Musk Says It's 'Easy To Keep Yourself Alive' In America—He Lived On $1 A Day Eating Hot Dogs And Peppers, Citing His 'Low Threshold For Existing'

Easy for him to say. With a net worth near half a trillion dollars, Elon Musk could probably survive on vintage caviar and moon cheese if he wanted to. But according to the Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder, survival in the U.S. doesn't require much more than a dingy apartment, a computer, and some discount hot dogs. Before becoming the richest man in the world, Musk set out to prove to himself that even if all his grand ventures crashed and burned, he'd still be fine. Literally. In a 2015 interview