Elon Musk welcomed twins last year with his Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, which he’s managed to keep under the radar up until now, after recently filing court documents to change his children’s names to “have their father’s last name and contain their mother’s last name as part of their middle name, according to Insider. The petition, which was filed back in April has only now come to light, with court docs further revealing that the twins were born in November, about a few weeks before Elon would welcome yet another child — but this time with singer Grimes.
The “Delete Forever” singer and her former beau had used a surrogate to have their bundle of joy back in December before announcing in March that they had called it quits. Elon is the co-founder of Neuralink, a company that specializes in developing implantable brain-machine interfaces. It’s unclear, whether Elon and Shivon remained romantically involved during her pregnancy, but it certainly has raised eyebrows, with fans wondering if this was the reason the tech mogul broke up with Grimes. They have two children together.
Shivon works as the director of operations and special projects for Neuralink, but her current relationship with Elon remains unknown. His new twins would mean that on top of having another two children with Grimes, and five children from his former marriage to ex-wife Justine Musk, Elon is now the proud father of nine kids, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to those aware that the SpaceX chief has shared his concerns for population decline for years.
He has been incredibly vocal about China’s rapid decline in birth rate, which could potentially end up having a domino effect on other countries around the world. “Most people still think China has a one-child policy. China had its lowest birthrate ever last year, despite having a three-child policy!” he said. “At current birth rates, China will lose ~40% of people every generation! Population collapse.”
Then, in May, Elon ruffled feathers with the Asian community, after asserting, “At the risk of stating the obvious, unless something changes to cause the birth rate to exceed the death rate, Japan will eventually cease to exist.”
News of Elon’s new addition to his family comes just weeks after it was revealed how his 18-year-old child, Xavier Musk, requested a judge to grant them a name change, saying they wanted nothing to do with the richest man in the world. As per TMZ, she stressed her reasons, writing, “Gender identity and the fact that I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape, or form.”
Xavier further requested to start going by the name of Vivian.