Elon Musk is likely one of the most well-known entrepreneurs residing at this time. The billionaire has led many firms all through his profession, together with PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, in addition to being an entertaining and controversial movie star. Outside of stirring up controversy, Elon has additionally fathered twelve youngsters from a number of relationships. It was revealed that he grew to become a dad for the twelfth time in June 2024.
While 12 youngsters might seem to be quite a bit, Elon instructed that he might have extra children throughout an October 2022 interview with the Financial Times. He known as himself an “autumn hen,” however stated that he discovered it a “bit bizarre,” when his pals instructed he have a whole bunch of youngsters. Even although he appeared open to the thought within the new interview, he did say that he doesn’t anticipate any extra little ones within the close to future. “I’m fairly certain there are not any different infants looming,” he instructed the outlet.
Sadly, his first son Nevada Alexander, whom he had together with his first spouse, Justine Wilson, handed away in 2002. Elon’s ex-girlfriend Grimes revealed that she’d had their second little one (and Elon’s most up-to-date child), who goes by Y, in secret through the COVID-19 pandemic. Elon stunned the world in 2022 when he revealed he welcomed his ninth and tenth children — twins — in secret with Neuralink director of operations Shivon Zilis.
Last 12 months, Grimes and Elon made headlines after she reportedly sued him for paternal rights over their youngsters, as reported by NBC Newson October 3, 2023. According to the court docket docket obtained by the outlet, the songstress filed the lawsuit on September 29, 2023 to “set up a parental relationship” in San Francisco. The outlet famous that the official court docket docs weren’t accessible, nonetheless, an “various dispute decision” technique was reached that very same day. The following 12 months, Grimes and Elon got here to an settlement of their custody battle.
Keep studying to study extra about Elon’s children.
Nevada Alexander
Elona and Justine welcomed their first little one collectively in 2002: son Nevada Alexander. At simply 10 weeks previous, the infant sadly handed away from sudden toddler loss of life syndrome, per The Sun.
Vivian And Griffin
Following Nevada’s loss of life in 2002, Elon and Justine had a pair of twins in April 2004: Xavier and Griffin. Justine revealed that her 5 youngsters had been born conceived through IVF in a 2017 TedTalk. While little or no is understood in regards to the twins, their mother revealed that she’d visited an IVF clinic shortly after Nevada’s loss of life in an essay for Marie Claire in 2010. ” I buried my emotions as a substitute, dealing with Nevada’s loss of life by making my first go to to an IVF clinic lower than two months later. Elon and I deliberate to get pregnant once more as swiftly as attainable. Within the subsequent 5 years, I gave beginning to twins, then triplets, and I bought three novels to Penguin and Simon & Schuster,” the creator wrote.
On April 18, 2022 — at some point after their 18th birthday — Xavier filed to alter their title to Vivian Jenna Wilson to replicate their new gender identification as a feminine. The paperwork, obtained by Hollywood Life in June, state that Vivian needs the authorized change due to “Gender Identity and the truth that I not dwell with or want to be associated to my organic father in any means, form or type.” She has but to publicly clarified why she doesn’t need to be associated to Elon.
The tech guru discovered himself in some scorching water after he appreciated a remark by a right-wing account that focused the trans group in December 2022, in line with The Independent. Many followers thought of it a foul look on many ranges for the proprietor, none greater than the truth that he’s the daddy of a trans daughter.
Kai, Saxon, And Damian
After the twins, Justine gave beginning to triplets (once more through IVF) in 2006: Kai, Saxon, and Damian. Like their brothers, little or no is understood in regards to the triplets, though their dad did reply to a Twitter video in February, when somebody shared a video of Damian enjoying piano for the aged. The unique consumer had mistakenly stated that it was Saxon, however Elon identified that it was Damian. Justine and Elon divorced in 2008. The Tesla founder detailed some elements of his relationship with the children in a Business Insider op-ed in 2010. “Custody of our 5 youngsters is cut up evenly. Almost all of my non-work waking hours are spent with my boys, and they’re the love of my life,” he wrote on the time. After the divorce from Justine, Elon married and divorced actress Talulah Riley twice. Their first marriage lasted from 2010 to 2012, and the second marriage was from 2013 to 2016.
X Æ A-Xii
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2023
Elon’s most well-known little one was born together with his on-and-off girlfriend Grimes (whose actual title is Claire Boucher) in 2020. The singer gave beginning to their son X Æ A-Xii (X AE A-XII) on May 4 (Star Wars day!) of that 12 months. The child’s curious title instantly prompted questions on methods to pronounce it. He revealed that it’s pronounced “X Ash A Twelve” in an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience. He instructed the comic that he supplied the “A-Xii” portion of his little one’s title as a reference to the “Archangel 12” CIA program, which created the airplane the SR-71.
Exa Dark Sideræl Musk
— 𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳ (@Grimezsz) May 24, 2023
Grimes stunned the world on March 10, 2022 when she introduced in an April Vanity Fair cowl story interview that she and Elon secretly welcomed one other little one into the world through surrogate on Dec. 2021. They named the kid, a lady, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, and famous she goes by “Y,” reverse their son’s “X.”
Grimes additional opened up in regards to the that means of their daughter’s title within the interview, noting that “Exa” refers back to the time period “exaFLOPS” which is the “capacity to carry out 1 quintillion floating-point operations per second.” She additionally shared that the infant’s center title, Dark, is in reference to the unknown. “People worry it however actually it’s the absence of photons,” Grimes defined. “Dark matter is the gorgeous thriller of our universe.” The singer additionally confirmed the pronunciation of “Sideræl” — sigh-deer-ee-el — and stated that it’s meant to be a “extra elven” method to spell “sidereal,” the “true time of the universe, star time, deep house time, not our relative Earth time.” Despite opening up a bit about her household, although, Grimes made it clear that she largely plans to maintain her children out of the general public eye. “I’m not at liberty to talk on this stuff,” she admitted. “Whatever is occurring with household stuff, I simply really feel like the children want to remain out of it, and X is simply on the market.”
The child information was surprising to many since most understood the Canadian-born singer and Elon to be damaged up on the time. Grimes opened up about their standing within the interview, saying she would “in all probability check with him as my boyfriend, however we’re very fluid.” She continued, “We dwell in separate homes. We’re finest pals. We see one another on a regular basis. We simply have our personal factor occurring. I don’t anticipate different individuals to grasp it.” She additionally revealed that the 2 plan on “no less than three or 4” extra youngsters collectively, though she didn’t reveal why they used a surrogate for his or her second little one and in the event that they deliberate on surrogacy for the longer term.
Strider & Azure
Elon Musk grew to become a dad as soon as once more to twins with Neuralink director of operations and particular tasks Shivon Zilis. Zilis gave beginning in November 2021, per court docket paperwork — and Elon himself confirmed the information on July 7, 2022.
He thanked Page Six for his or her congratulations on the infants, and stated, “Bravo to huge households.” It doesn’t seem to be the Tesla founder is completed with having children simply but — when requested what number of he desires, he stated, “As many as I’m able to spend time with and be a superb father.”
“My eldest are off to school, and youngsters don’t need to spend a lot time with their mother and father. I want they might,” he added.
Per the court docket paperwork, a reputation change was filed for the twins to “have their father’s final title and include their mom’s final title as a part of their center title.” The change was authorised in Austin, Texas by a choose in May 2022. Their names had been later revealed to be Strider and Azure.
Techno Mechanicus ‘Tau’
Elon secretly welcomed a 3rd little one with Grimes, which was revealed in a September 2023 biography about Elon by Walter Isaacson. Grimes and Elon had a son named Techno Mechanicus or “Tau,” nonetheless, it’s not clear after they welcomed their second son. In July 2023, Grimes took to X (Twitter) to clap again at a photograph of Shivon with the twins, as reported by Jezebel. “Tell Shivon to unblock me and inform Elon to let me see my son or plz reply to my lawyer,” the mother-of-three wrote. “I’ve by no means been allowed to see a photograph of those youngsters till this second, regardless of the scenario totally ripping my household aside.”
Later, Grimes deleted the reply and shared an replace relating to her children on September 10, 2023. “I want I might present u how cute little Techno is however my precedence rn is maintaining my infants out of the general public eye, Plz respect that presently Bless C,” she captioned the apology for her prior feedback on the twins. Neither Elon or Grimes has addressed the newest lawsuit on the time of publication.
Third Child With Shivon Zillis
While many particulars about Elon’s twelfth little one are nonetheless beneath wraps, it’s been confirmed that he welcomed the infant with Shivon. When it was reported that he had fathered the kid in “secret,” he responded to the claims in an interview with Page Six. “All our family and friends know. Failure to problem a press launch, which might be weird, doesn’t imply ‘secret,’” he instructed the outlet.