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Elon Musk will soon become Donald Trump's minister of “government efficiency”. This is an opportunity to look into the tumultuous life of the businessman, at the head of a blended family of 12 children.
We know Elon Musk for his activities as the big boss of Tesla, SpaceX or the social network Much less is known about his tumultuous private life. Ex-wives, current partner, children: what do we know about Elon Musk's family?
Shivon Zilis, in compagne
Elon Musk's partner is Shivon Zilis. Aged 38, she has been in a relationship with the 53-year-old businessman since 2021. Between 2017 and 2019, she worked at Tesla as a project director. Then she joined OpenAI, becoming the youngest member of the board of directors until 2023. It was in this position that she met Elon Musk. Shivon Zilis is currently the Director of Operations and Special Projects at neurotechnology startup Neuralink. The young woman graduated from Yale University (United States) and began her career at IBM in New York.
Four ex-girlfriends
Before his relationship with Shivon Zilis, Elon Musk was a couple with Canadian Claire Boucher for 3 years, between May 2018 and September 2021. Artist, musician, singer-songwriter, she is known under the stage name Grimes in music electronic underground.
“I’m just finishing an album, and I think it is by far my greatest work that I’ve ever done”.
Grimes on her new album for Vogue. pic.twitter.com/nNFntLYii5
— GRIMES CHARTS (@GrimezszCharts) https://twitter.com/GrimezszCharts/status/1438571432464760842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In 2017, Elon Musk had a relationship with American actress Amber Heard whose trial with actor Johnny Depp was resounding.
Elon Musk's previous partner is Talulah Riley. This British actress was the wife of Elon Musk between 2010 and 2012. The couple remarried in the summer of 2013 before divorcing in March 2016.
Previously, the businessman was in a relationship with Canadian author Justine Wilson Musk for 8 years between 2000 and 2008. The couple married in January 2000 and divorced in September 2008.
Instagram credit Justine Musk
12 children from 3 different mothers
Elon Musk is the father of twelve children, including one called Nevada who died in 2002, at the age of 10 weeks, from sudden infant death syndrome.
- Griffin and Vivian, born in 2004: children of Justine Musk
- Kai, Saxon and Damian, born in 2006 by in vitro fertilization: children of Justine Musk
- X Æ A-XII, nicknamed X or Exash, born in 2020: son of Claire Boucher
- Exa, nicknamed Y (Why), born in 2021 to a surrogate mother: daughter of Claire Boucher
- Strider and Azure, born in 2021: children of Shivon Zilis
- Techno Mechanicus, nicknamed Tau, born in 2023: son of Claire Boucher
- Baby with unknown first name, born in 2024: child of Shivon Zilis
Vivian Jenna Wilson, her transgender daughter
Elon Musk is in open conflict with his transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, born Xavier Musk and aged 20. She chose to no longer bear her father's name and even wants to leave the United States after Donald Trump's victory in the American presidential election. Elon Musk had very, very harsh words towards her: “I lost my son Xavier. My son is dead, killed by the woke virus. And so I swore to destroy this virus after that”. His daughter replied via media: “I look pretty good for a fucking dead woman.”
Errol and Maye, his parents
Elon Musk's father is called Errol Musk, he is 78 years old. This South African was an electromechanical engineer. Her mother, Maye Haldeman, is a 76-year-old British model and dietician. The couple had three children: Elon in 1971, Kimbal in 1972 and Tosca in 1974. The Musk parents divorced in the early 1990s after 18 years of marriage.
