Earlier this year, Elon Musk, the 52-year-old business entrepreneur and founder of Tesla, secretly welcomed a new member to his growing family. Shivon Zilis, director of special projects at Neuralink Corp., another business Musk created, is the mother of the child. Musk and his partners have always kept their family life private and kept their kids out of the spotlight.
With the birth of his first son, Nevada Alexander, in 2002, Elon Musk’s journey into parenting officially began with his first wife, Justine Wilson. Sadly, Nevada died of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) at the age of 10 weeks. IVF was then used to create Wilson and Musk’s twins, Vivian Jenna and Griffin, in 2004 and their triplets, Kai, Saxon, and Damian, in 2006.
Musk and Grimes welcomed X Æ A-Xii, a son, as their first child together in May 2020. They later welcomed a daughter called Exa Dark Siderael through a surrogate in December 2021. Musk welcomed twins, Azure and Strider, with Shivon Zilis in November 2021 at about the same time.
The birth of Musk and Grimes’ third child, Techno Mechanicus, commonly known as “Tau,” was disclosed in journalist Walter Isaacson’s 2023 biography of Musk, which also happens to be the year of the kid’s revelation.
Musk explained after the birth of his most recent kid with Shivon Zilis: “As for’secretly fathered,’ that is false.” Our relatives and friends are all aware. “Secret” does not mean “not issuing a press release,” although that would be strange. Musk and Zilis have decided to respect their privacy by not disclosing the name or sex of their youngest child, even after this explanation.
Because of his prominent connections and notable career achievements, Elon Musk’s personal life has long been the focus of intense public curiosity and scrutiny.
The interactions between his partners and the growing number of his children shed light on the complicated private life that is often lived in public view.