https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/tech-tycoon-called-a-creep-for-100k-offer-to-plane-passenger/
A tech tycoon has been branded a “creep” after allegedly offering a woman $100,000 to take off her face mask on board a Delta flight.
Steve Kirsch took to Twitter to say he made the anonymous passenger the offer last Friday.
“I am on board a Delta flight right now. The person sitting next to me in first-class refused $100,000 to remove her mask for the entire flight,” the millionaire wrote. “No joke. This was after I explained they don’t work. She works for a pharma company.”
Kirsch accompanied his post with a selfie that showed him smiling on board the full flight. He did not disclose the destination to which he was traveling.
The Post reached out to Kirsch for comment.
Kirsch is a Silicon Valley veteran who is credited with one of the first versions of the optical mouse back in 1980.