India, July 24 -- Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, was asked in an interview about people calling him a "racist", to which, he replied that his partner is half-Indian and the couple has four kids together.

In an interview with The Economist, Musk was told, "People say that you're a racist."

Musk quickly jumped to his defense and said that his partner is half-Indian.

"My partner is half-Indian. I have four children with her, one of them was named after a famous Indian phycisit," he said.

"So I would say I'm not a racist. If you look at people that are employed at my companies, we have senior executives of all races. I don't think there is any racism there," he added.

After this, he was asked if he was "anti-Mu...