Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas on February 10, 2022.
Elon Musk.
  • Walter Isaacson's biography "Elon Musk" reveals the billionaire's struggles with stress.
  • Musk's partners have described him staying up all night and vomiting.
  • "I've been burning the candle at both ends with a flamethrower for a very long time," he told Isaacson.

Elon Musk may be the world's richest person, but his success has been accompanied by stress-related bouts of vomiting and insomnia, per Walter Isaacson's biography of the billionaire.