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- A notable absence. What do Elon Musk and Richard Branson have in common? Aside from being extremely wealthy male CEOs, both are neurodivergent and partly attribute their success to their unique brain functions.
Musk revealed that he has Asperger’s, which is considered part of autism spectrum disorder, in May 2021 while hosting Saturday Night Live. “To anyone I’ve offended, I just want to say, ‘I reinvented electric cars, and I’m sending people to Mars in a rocket ship. Did you think I was also going to be a chill, normal dude?’” Musk said on the show.
