How Many Kids Does Elon Musk Have? Father of 10 and Counting
As CEO of groundbreaking companies like Tesla and SpaceX reinventing various industries over the past 20+ years, South African-born billionaire Elon Musk has undoubtedly left an indelible mark across technology and business worldwide. But beyond ambitious ventures like electric vehicles, space tourism and underground transit tubes, Musk has also managed an extremely populated personal life. Specifically, exactly how many children does such a high-profile futurist now have?
Elon Musk Has 10 Kids
According to recent reports tracking his family growth, Elon Musk has fathered ten children in total spanning from Nevada to Texas and now with ex-wife Justine and ex-girlfriend Grimes. The current ages and parental connections of Musk’s offspring are believed to include:
- Twins Griffin and Vivian, b. 2004 (18 years old) with first wife Justine
- Triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, b. 2006 (16 years old) also with Justine
- Exa Dark Sideræl, b. 2022 (7 months old) with ex Grimes
- Y, full name still confidential, b. 2022 (7 months old) with Grimes
- Twins with one confirmed daughter, b. 2022 (7 months old) with executive Shivon Zilis
Both Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan gave birth in early 2023 to what some speculate may also be Musk’s children after an alleged affair, though no definitive confirmation yet exists. So for purposes here, we will conservatively exclude those offspring possibilities and keep the tally at ten officially acknowledged babies across Elon’s past long-term relationships either confirmed so far or still yet to be denied by Musk personally.
Elon Had Twins Twice So Far
Fascinating to note, of Musk’s current crop of ten kids, he has welcomed three separate sets of twins over the past two decades – both with first wife Justine originally, then now also allegedly with one of his top Neuralink executives Shivon Zilis.
Whether a bizarre coincidence or strategic family planning preference, the serial entrepreneur seems to spawn two at a time quite frequently. But Musk himself has clarified publicly he believes any reports that all ten of his kids were IVF or twins births to be patently false overall. Apparently even for the real-life ‘Iron Man’, those logistics would still require an near impossible amount of coordinated effort across so many past partners and pregnancies.
Why So Many Kids?
For many outsiders, the unavoidable question about Elon Musk constantly arises – with an already insane various workload between 5-6 active CEO roles plus countless side projects – why keep having children, year after year?
Public comments seem to indicate:
- Musk feels urgently that declining birth rates worldwide imperil human civilization long-term should the trend not reverse
- He aims to do his part populating Earth “as much as I can“ to fight that
- Musk also just personally “loves kids“ and finds enormous meaning nurturing family
Of course Musk’s substantial financial means to raise and provide for a supersized household via his corporations’ success enables such abundance more easily as well. But regardless of exact reasons why, it appears highly likely the modern day’s most talked-about tycoon remains only midway done building his personal empire, kid by kid.
FAQs About Elon Musk’s Children:
Does Elon Musk have full custody of his kids?
No concrete verification exists publicly that Musk holds sole legal custody of any children presently. Though frequently spotted interacting with sons Nevada and X and daughter Exa on social media.
What does Elon Musk’s ex-wife Maye Musk say about his big family?
Elon’s supermodel mother Maye Musk has proclaimed pride in her son’s accomplishments, but declined much commentary to media about his string of personal relationships and expanding group of grandchildren courtesy them.
Where do Elon Musk’s children live?
Likely between various Musk properties in Bel Air and Austin, Texas near SpaceX and Tesla headquarters, with international private travel easily accessible courtesy his fortune.
Does Elon Musk post photos with his kids?
Occasionally the billionaire shares candid moments from family life on Twitter amidst discussing Tesla and SpaceX. But Musk also values privacy for him and his children overall.
Will Elon Musk stop having more children someday?
No indications so yet, as even into his early 50s Musk proclaims intent to maintain sperm viability long-term. Though eventually even his bandwidth may fill reaching double digit offspring territory across relationships present and past.
Elon Musk has certainly applied his future-focused mindset to propagating his personal genetics well beyond average family planning. With 10 children officially on record with no signs of slowing down, the real-life Tony Stark continues soldiering on as both visionary businessman and father many times over simultaneously.