A new report by Business Insider claims Elon Musk secretly became the father of twins late last year with Shivon Zilis, one of his top executives.
The outlet obtained court records indicating that the Tesla billionaire added Zilis of Neurolink to his family in November 2021.
Musk, 51, and Zilis, 36, reportedly petitioned to have the twins’ names changed so that they would “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name,” according to Business Insider.
Court documents show that Elon Musk and a 36-year-old Neuralink executive, Shivon Zilis, are the parents of 8-month-old twins. pic.twitter.com/y0T7lE3C2i
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Although the names of the children are still unknown, a judge in Austin, Texas, is said to have approved the order in May.
The twins were born just a few weeks before Musk and now-ex Grimes had their second child via surrogate in December 2021, a girl named Exa Dark Siderael, according to Business Insider. They also have a 2-year-old boy named X Æ A-Xii.
Elon Musk’s children
Musk’s kids with Grimes join his five other living children: Griffin, Vivian Jenna, Kai, Saxon and Damian. Musk shares his additional kids with ex-wife Justine Wilson.
He and the Canadian author wed in January 2000, and Nevada Alexander was born to them in 2002. Nevada tragically passed away from SIDS at the age of just 10 weeks.
Grimes and Elon's first baby X — short for X Æ A-12 — was born almost two years ago, in May of 2020. pic.twitter.com/tXDpjC5bpN
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n a 2020 New York Times interview, Musk described his approach to fatherhood and acknowledged that he doesn’t get involved much when his children are young.
“Right now there’s not much I can do. Grimes has a much bigger role than me right now,” Musk said about his role as a parent. “When the kid gets older, there will be more of a role for me.”
