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How Musk’s circle was rocked by a fight over his $230bn fortune

Before the Tesla CEO’s billion-dollar battle over Twitter, another fight broke out over how his charitable giving should be managed

Late last year, Jared Birchall cornered his boss, Elon Musk.

Birchall, a strait-laced, 48-year-old wealth manager who rose to become Musk’s top deputy and the head of his family office, had growing concerns about a new power player in the Tesla CEO’s orbit.

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