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Elon Musk’s Fixer Is Quietly Tending the World’s Biggest Fortune

Jared Birchall is the right-hand man who does everything from lining up Twitter deal financing to digging up dirt on adversaries.

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Dig up dirt on an enemy. Done. Arrange massive loans. Sure. Hire bodyguards, sell homes and lead — at least on paper — a billion-dollar neurotechnology company. No problem, boss.

So it goes for Jared Birchall, who for the past six years has served as the right-hand man for Elon Musk, handling the fortune and whimsies of the world’s richest person.