Ex-Spy Pursues Musk
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A story about meeting a mysterious ex-spy at a private members club in San Francisco who orchestrated an interesting interaction with Elon Musk and Jason Calacanis.
"I met this guy who was using our product. He was incredibly muscular - not that he had giant muscles, but his whole body was like a muscle. Later that night, I introduced him to two people - one from Russia and one from Pakistan. He spoke Russian with one and Urdu with the other.
As the night went on, he confided that he was actually a spy for many years in the FAA. He told these unbelievable stories about being in bars in Russia with mobsters and Yuri Milner.
Later that night, we went to the Battery, this private members club in San Francisco. Around 2 AM, we're leaving and at the elevator, there's Elon Musk with Jason Calacanis and two other people. The spy guy walks straight up to them, but instead of addressing Elon, he goes directly to Jason.
He says, 'Jason, I met you last year at the conference and I told you about what I do with the government. I offered you a tour but forgot to give you my number. Let me give you my number now and I'll be able to get you that tour.' Then he adds, almost as an afterthought, 'Oh, and if Elon wants to come, he can come too.'"
Shaan Puri
Host of MFM
Shaan Puri is the Chairman and Co-Founder of The Milk Road. He previously worked at Twitch as a Senior Director of Product, Mobile Gaming, and Emerging Markets. He also attended Duke University.