Elon Musk is known to be a billionaire businessman who launched Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX – but his father’s life has also made the headlines.
“He was not a good father”, Musk’s father, Wandersaid during an appearance in February 2025 on the podcast “Wide Awake” when he asked him questions about the technology guru. “They were too rich, too many nannies. Then he had five children with the same woman, five sons all raised. Everyone had their own nanny.
When he was asked how Errol felt about his son’s previous partners, he joked: “Well, the fathers are no longer or less interested in any of the husbands or wives of their children unless they do not put themselves in four. “
Musk engendered six children with his first wife, Justine WilsonBefore welcoming three children with Grimes. He shares three other children with Shivon Zilis and allegedly generated Ashley St. ClairChild, who was born at the end of 2024.
Elon Musk has welcomed many children over the years when he was related to Justine Wilson, Grimes and Shivon Zilis. The entrepreneur married Wilson in January 2000 and the former couple welcomed son Nevada two years later. The newborn has died of a sudden infant death syndrome at 10 weeks. The duo continued to design Vivian twins […]
While Musk said via x In June 2022, “I love all my children so much”, all their mothers do not seem to agree on the way in which he parents.
Scroll down to meet the mothers of musk children – and see where it is with each:
Justine Wilson
Musk was married in Wilson from 2000 to 2008. The couple welcomed their first child, his son Nevada, in 2002. Nevada died of the sudden infant death syndrome (SID) at the age of 10 weeks. The pair then welcomed Vivian and Griffin twins in 2004 with the help of IVF. Musk and Wilson welcomed the Kai, Saxon and Damian triplets in 2006 using IVF.
Since their divorce, Wilson has been silent about his marriage to Musk for the most part. However, she wrote an essay to Marie Claire In September 2010, calling herself as a “starter woman” for Musk.
“Although I am far from Elon – as far as children are concerned, I take care of her assistant – I do not regret my marriage,” she wrote. “I worked on a certain anger, both at Elon for having made me if disposable, and to myself for having bought a fairy tale when I should have known better.”
Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Elon Musk, the distant daughter, Vivian Wilson, breaks her silence after the founder of Tesla has generated her 13th child with the author Ashley St. Clair. In an article shared via Tiktok on Saturday February 15, Wilson, 21 […]
Wilson, who is an author, added: “But I will always respect the brilliant and visionary person he is. Nor can I regret the divorce (our case has been branched off, which means that even if the property problems are not resolved, our marriage is legally dead). Elon and I share custody of the children, who prosper. I feel anchored now and deeply grateful for my life. »»
While Wilson remained mainly outside the spotlight, his child Vivian, who is transgender, publicly retaliated against Musk. Vivian submitted a request for a change of name in April 2022 to be legally recognized as a woman and change her family name from Musk to Wilson.
“I no longer live or wish to be linked to my biological father in any way whatsoever,” she told a court in Los Angeles in June 2022. A judge granted the request the same month.
Grimes
The technological billionaire revealed in May 2018 that he went out with Grimes (real name Claire Boucher). Two years later, the musician gave birth to their son X AE A-XII. The news broke out in December 2021 that Musk and Grimes welcomed their second baby, his daughter exams Dark Sideræl, via a substitution. The couple, who separated in 2022, also shared their techno mechanicus, born the same year.
Grimes was very vocal on his ups and downs with Musk over the years. In October 2023, she continued her ex for the parental rights of their three children. The following year, Grimes said that she had not seen one of her children for five months because of Musk.
“I spent a year locked in the battle in a state with terrible mothers rights by having my Instagram messages and my modeling used as reasons why I should not have my children and fight and detach from the Love of my life because he becomes unrecognizable for me, with a fraction of his resources (or IQ / strategic experience), throughout the time, I did not see one of my babies for 5 months, “she affirmed in November 2024, adding: “Most of my experiences in recent years are expected to stay behind doors. »»
Grimes suggested more problems with Musk in February 2025 when she publicly urged him to answer her about a “medical crisis” involving one of their children.
“I am sorry to do it publicly, but it is no longer acceptable to ignore this situation,” wrote Grimes via X at the time. “It requires immediate attention. If you don’t want to talk to me, you can designate or hire someone who can do that [so] We can move forward to solve this problem. It’s urgent, Elon. “”
In the tweet deleted since then, she said that Musk had refused to respond to her in private. “I do not give any detail, but it will not answer SMS calls or emails and has jumped each meeting and our child will suffer disorders of all life if it does not answer as soon as possible, so I have Need him to answer and respond and if I have to apply public pressure, I guess that’s where we are, “she said.
Shivon Zilis
Musk and Zillis welcomed Strider and Azure twins in November 2021. Bloomberg reported in June 2024 that the pair had recently welcomed a third child together.
Zillis remained a little silent about his children and his relationship with Musk. However, in the biography of Walter Isaacson in 2023 on the founder of Tesla, she said: “He really wants intelligent people to have children. Zillis said Musk had proposed to be his sperm donor so that her children “would genetically be his family”.
In February 2025, Zillis seemed to be in good standing with Musk. She posted a photo with their twins on Valentine’s Day, Writing via X“Lil loves my life.” Musk commented on the post with a smiling face with emoji hearts.
Ashley St. Clair
St. Clair surprised the fans in February 2025 after announcing via X that it would have given birth to the 13th child of Musk, their first set.
“I welcomed a new baby in the world. Elon Musk is the father, ”said the author. “I have not disclosed this before to protect the privacy and security of our child, but in recent days, it has become clear that the tabloid media has intended to do so, whatever the damage it will cause. “
She continued: “I intend to allow our child to develop in a normal and safe environment. For this reason, I ask that the media honor our child’s privacy and do not refrain from invasive reporting. »»
Despite his allegations of having been silenced by Musk, his representative affirmed via a declaration on X that St. Clair and Musk “worked in private on the creation of an agreement on the education of their child for some time”.
The February 2025 press release continued: “We are waiting for Elon to publicly recognize its parental role with Ashley, to end unjustified speculations, and Ashley trusts that Elon intends to end their agreement quickly, in the best interest Well-being and child safety they share.
Musk has not yet publicly recognized the child of St. Clair as his.
