Jared Birchall, aged in his late 40s, has since 2016 managed Elon Musk’s fortune
He works from an unassuming eight story office block, beneath an underpass on the outskirts of Austin.
He was fired by Merrill Lynch for ‘conduct resulting in management’s loss of confidence’, and went on to carve out a decent yet unremarkable career in finance: few have ever heard of him.
Yet Jared Birchall is now leading one of the most significant corporate takeovers of our time, as the man Elon Musk refers enquiries to for his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.
‘Once you appoint somebody to run the family office, that means that you trust him,’ said Raphael Amit, a management professor at the Wharton School.
‘And Elon wants to set it up in a way that allows him (Birchall) maximum control.’
Birchall, a 47 year-old married father of five, has worked for Musk since 2016, helping to manage a fortune estimated on Tuesday at $240 billion.
Birchall runs what is termed as the ‘family office’ – a private…
