Maye Musk Couldn't Pay Rent at 50. Now She's a Full-Time Model at 77.
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Maye Musk Couldn't Pay Rent at 50. Now She's a Full-Time Model at 77.

B1IntermediateSeptember 15, 202641 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Maye Musk is a model, dietician, and author. But before any of that success, she was 50 years old, newly single, and unable to make rent. Today, Maye joins Nicole to talk about her new memoir, Timeless, and the financial reinvention that came after everything fell apart. Maye opens up about the financial abuse she experienced in her first marriage, including how her ex-husband removed her signing rights from their joint account and took her savings, and why she still advises women to keep some money of their own, no matter how it might be received. She shares...

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I had to stop my practice just because Elon became so famous. People would book appointments with me, and then they'd bring gifts for him and want to talk about him for the hour

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because they paid for the hour. And I would say, take your money back and take that gift. Mae is a model, a dietician, an author, and mom to three very accomplished entrepreneurs,

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Kimball, Tosca, and Elon Musk. Mae started full-time modeling at an age where most people retire, and she argues that age is an asset, not a liability.

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