Meet Elon Musk’s ‘fixer’ Jared Birchall: the SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO’s right-hand man was behind his interest in buying Twitter – but supporting the world’s richest man is no easy task

Aug 5 , 2022

Who is Jared Birchall, fixer to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk? Photos: Bloomberg, AP

Mormon father-of-five Birchall worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch before his current role, which includes being a board member at the Musk Foundation

Birchall was behind Musk’s plan to buy Twitter, helping to secure a loan from Morgan Stanley and other sources linked to Musk’s stake in Tesla, and runs family office Excession

Elon Musk’s empire, which includes SpaceX, Tesla, The Boring Company and Neuralink, is worth around US$270 billion, so it’s no surprise that he has surrounded himself with key figures who protect his personal and business interests.

The No 1 person by his side, Jared Birchall, has received plenty of attention in financial circles for his stealthy business mind and ability to solve any problem for his boss. And Musk is a lot to handle. From getting high in public to raising the ire of many for his comments on the declining birth rate in the US and how he is doing his bit to solve the problem (he has nine children), Musk sure keeps his conservative and religious “fixer” busy.

Jared Birchall leaving the federal court in Los Angeles in 2019. Photo: Bloomberg

Meet the guy that the world’s richest man turns to to fix his problems, handle his fortune and make sure he stays in-line … for the most part.

Jared Birchall’s background in financial services

Jared Birchall worked in wealth management for Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch before becoming senior vice-president at Morgan Stanley. Photo: AFP

According to Yahoo Finance, Birchall has a bachelor of arts from Brigham Young University. He initially started out as a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs before moving to Merrill Lynch as a private wealth adviser. Bloomberg reported he was fired from Merrill Lynch for allegedly “sending correspondence to a client without management approval”.

Jared Birchall has a background in finance. Photo: Jared Birchall/LinkedIn

He later became senior vice-president at Morgan Stanley where he became known for his handling of wealthy client’s assets. In 2016, he was hired by Musk as the managing director of Excession LLC, his family office.