Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, welcomed a new baby earlier this year. While the public only recently learned about their child through media reports, Musk clarified to Page Six that it was never a secret.
“All our friends and family know. Failure to issue a press release, which would be bizarre, does not mean ‘secret’,” Musk stated, addressing the situation.
The baby’s name and sex have not been disclosed. This child is Musk’s 12th and his third with Zilis, who works at his brain implant company, Neuralink. The birth was first revealed in a Bloomberg article titled, “Elon Wants You to Have More Babies,” which focused on Musk’s concerns over declining birth rates.
Zilis declined to comment for the Bloomberg story, and Musk did not respond to inquiries about the newborn at the time.
Background and Previous Children
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis previously welcomed twins, Strider and Azure, in November 2021. The twins were born just one month before Musk and alt-pop singer Grimes had their daughter, Exa Dark Siderael, via surrogacy.
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In September 2023, Grimes, the mother of three of Musk’s children, shared a lengthy post on X, requesting privacy for their children. She addressed recent headlines about her co-parenting relationship with Musk and the revelation that they quietly welcomed a third baby, a son named Techno, soon after Musk welcomed children with Zilis. Grimes mentioned that she had a “long overdue conversation” with Zilis and wrote that the circumstances were not Zilis’ fault. “We respect each other a lot and we’re excited to become friends and have the kids grow up together,” she wrote.
Elon Musk on Family and Population
In July 2022, Elon Musk showed his support for large families, stating, “Bravo to big families,” and shared his desire to have as many children as he can spend time with and be a good father to. He also expressed concerns about declining birth rates, tweeting, “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces, by far.”
Musk has reiterated his concerns, stating that many countries are already well below the “replacement rate” and that this trend is expected to continue. He emphasized the importance of maintaining population levels, noting that 2.1 children per woman is considered the replacement rate and that the global average is expected to fall below this point soon.
