Elon Musk might be all the rage in Washington these days, but his mom, Maye Musk, is lighting up Beijing—and the other cities she visits across China. The 76-year-old mother of the world’s richest man has been jetting around the People’s Republic of China for years. But this month alone, she has attended a gala dinner in Hangzhou, graced the red carpet at a cosmetics show in Wuhan and signed copies of the Chinese edition of her book, , the senior China correspondent for .
Two weeks ago, she wrote to her fans in China on X, the social media platform owned by her son, “Thank you for making it a bestseller.” Signing my book in China. Thank you for making it a bestseller ❤️🇨🇳 — Maye Musk (@mayemusk) However, Maye Musk’s book isn’t listed on China’s bestseller list.
As The Guardian notes, “the only Musk-related book on the was a biography of her son Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson.” Still, Maye Musk is suddenly a very important asset to China. She’s seemingly adored by the country “nearly every month”—which, as her billionaire global businessman son wields tremendous power over the U.
S. federal government, makes her China’s “secret weapon,” according to The Guardian. The striking, silver-haired Musk’s fortunes are rising along with her son’s.
A former model, dietician and who raised three children by herself, Musk became a global ambassador for the Chinese consumer electronics company Oppo last year. As the representative for the , sh.
