Elon Musk Age, Wife, Girlfriend, Children, Family, Biography

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Marital Status: Divorced

Age: 54 Years

Religion: Atheist

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Full Name	Elon Reeve Musk
Nickname	Iron Man
Profession(s)	Entrepreneur, Investor
Famous For	Being the CEO of Tesla and Space X
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 11" (180 cm)
Eye Color	Moss Green
Hair Color	Light Ash Blonde
Politics
Political Party	America Party
Political Journey	Founded the America Party (5 July 2025)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	June 28, 1971
Age (as of 2025)	54 Years
Birthplace	Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
Zodiac sign	Cancer
Signature
Nationality	American check sources Forbes
Hometown	Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa
School	• Waterkloof House Preparatory School • Bryanston High School • Pretoria Boys High School
College/University	• Queen's University • University of Pennsylvania • Stanford University, California
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor of Science in Economics from University of Pennsylvania • Bachelor of Science in Physics from University of Pennsylvania • PhD in Energy Physics from Stanford University, California (Dropped Out)
Religion	Atheist
Ethnicity/Race	• South African (from his father's side) • Canadian (from his mother's side) • British (from his grandmother's side) • He also has Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry check sources Wikipedia
Food Habit	Non-Vegetarian
Political Inclination	He considers himself a half Republican and a half Democrate check sources cnbc
Hobbies	Reading, Playing Video Games, Travelling
Awards, Honours, Achievements	2007: For his work on Tesla and SpaceX, he was awarded Inc Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year award 2008: Elon was awarded American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics George Low award for his enormous contribution for space transportation in 2007/2008 2008: Awarded National Wildlife Federation 2008 National Conservation Achievement award for SolarCity and Tesla 2009: National Space Society's Von Braun Trophy 2010: Awarded the FAI Gold Space Medal (highest award in air and space), for designing the 1st privately developed rocket to reach orbit by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale 2010: The Kitty Hawk Foundation recognized him as a Living Legend of Aviation in 2010 2011: Elom was awarded with $250,000 Heinlein Prize for Advances in Space Commercialization 2012: Awarded the 'a Gold Medal' (Royal Aeronautical Society's highest award) 2015: Awarded IEEE Honorary Membership 2018: Appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) 2021: Time Person of the Year
Controversies	• Elon Musk's tweet "A little red wine, vintage record, some Ambien ... and magic!" got him a lot of media attention since it was a dangerous drug combination that he had mention publicly on his social media. • In 2018, Musk's mini-submarine was dismissed considering it a 'PR Stunt' by many including the diver who saved the 12 boys from the cave in Thailand, Elon's another tweet landed him in a controversy. He called the British Diver a "pedo guy" in his tweet. Tesla's shares fell 4% after the public found his behavior erratic. Thereafter Elon was asked to apologize by the Tesla investors. The diver filed a legal lawsuit against Musk demanding $75,000 in damages. • Musk considers Artificial Intelligence as the most dangerous threat to the human race. His warnings for Artificial Intelligence was entitled as 'Irresponsible' by Mark Zuckerberg. To which Elon stated Zuckerberg has a very limited understanding of 'AI'. • In September 2018, Elon was accused with security fraud charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the board of Directors of Tesla stated that they believe in the work ethics of Musk and added, “fully confident in Elon, his integrity, and his leadership of the company.” After the Directors tried to make a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon gave an ultimatum to Tesla that he would quit as the CEO of Tesla if any settlement was made. The case is yet to be resolved. • In July 2022, he pulled out of $44bn bid to buy Twitter, alleging multiple breaches of the agreement. The announcement came after a series of twists after he decided to buy the social media platform in April 2022. According to Musk, the decision came after Twitter failed to provide enough information on the number of spam and fake accounts. Later, in a statement, Twiter said that it had planned to pursue legal action to enforce the agreement. Twitter chairman Bret Taylor tweeted, "The Twitter Board is committed to closing the transaction on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk." check sources BBC On 12 July 2022, Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk for violating the $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order him to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share. check sources The Hindu • On 27 October 2022, Elon Musk fired Twitter's Chief Executive Parag Agrawal , Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal, General Counsel Sean Edgett, and Legal Affairs and Policy Chief Vijaya Gadde after Musk officially became the owner of Twitter. On 1 November 2024, a California district court judge allowed the terminated employees to sue Elon Musk for cheating them of their severance by not allowing them to resign. Thereafter, a formal lawsuit was filed by Parag, Ned, Vijaya, and Sean Edgett. • During a tech event in the US in October 2024, Elon Musk claimed that his space agency, SpaceX, was "forced" by the US government to conduct an environmental test. As part of this test, the government asked SpaceX to assess the effects of a rocket's sonic boom sound on a seal by placing a headphone on it. He said, *"SpaceX was forced by the government to kidnap seals, put earphones on them and play sonic boom sounds to see if they seemed upset."* • In February 2025, Elon Musk found himself in controversy after an influencer named Ashley St. Clair alleged that her newborn son was his. She also accused him of neglecting both her and their child. It was reported that she later deleted her tweets regarding the matter. Later, a well-known social activist named Milo took to X and claimed that she had been working on "blaming" Elon for the last five years. Later, Elon released a statement in which he claimed that he had paid Ashley $2.5 million in child support. However, Ashley denied receiving any money from him and called him a "petulant man-child." • In June 2025, a feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk arose when the latter resigned from his post in the Trump-led US government and criticised Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which included a $4 trillion debt ceiling hike. Musk criticized the bill as it aimed at increasing the government spending, and in retaliation, Trump called Elon "crazy" for his losing his profits in Tesla. It further escalated when, on 5 June 2025, Trump threatened Elon with cancel government contracts with all of Musk’s companies. In response, Elon took to Twitter (now X) and claimed Trump's closeness with the minor sexual assault accused Jeffrey Epstein as well as Trump's name being listed in the Epstein files, which reportedly has been blacklisted from release as it contains several prominent American businessmen and politicans' names. On 11 June 2025, Elon again took to X and expressed that he regretted posting against Trump and that he "went too far."
Girls, Affairs, and More
Marital Status	Divorced
Affairs/Girlfriends	• Justine Wilson (Canadian author) • Cameron Diaz (2013) • Talulah Riley • Amber Heard (2016-2017) • Grimes (2018-September 2021) • Shivon Zilis (a top executive at Neuralink) (2021) • Natasha Bassett (Australian actress and model) (February 2022-present)
Family
Wife/Spouse	• Justine Wilson Musk (2000-2008) (Canadian author) • Talulah Riley (2010-2012 & 2013-2016) (actress)
Children	Elon Musk has 12 children. He had six children with Canadian author Justine Wilson; their first child died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS, when he was 10 weeks old. The couple then had twins followed by triplets. He has three children with musician Grimes. Musk has had three children with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at Neuralink, including twins named Strider and Azure (born in November 2021). check sources CBS News Musk and Zilis welcomed their third child in 2024. Son(s)- • Griffin • Damian • Saxon • Kai • X Æ A-Xii (nicknamed X) (born March 2020 with his girlfriend Grimes) • Techno Mechanicus (born 2023 with Grimes) • Seldon Lycurgus (born in 2025 with Shivon Zilis) Daughter- • Xavier Alexander Musk • Exa Dark Sideræl Musk (nicknamed Y) (born 2021 with Grimes) Note: In June 2022, his transgender biological daughter named Xavier Alexander Musk filed for name change, saying 'no longer wish to be related' to SpaceX chief. She filed a petition in the LA court to change her gender recognition from male to female and to register her new name Vivian Jenna Wilson. check sources The Economic Times
Parents	Father- Errol Musk (Electromechanical Engineer, Pilot, Sailor) Mother- Maye Musk (Model, Dietitian)
Siblings	Brother- Kimbal Musk (Entrepreneur, Philanthrophist) Sister- Tosca Musk (Filmmaker)
Favourites
Actor	Robert Downey Jr.
Film(s)	Star Wars, The Martian, Thank You for Smoking
TV Show	The Big Bang Theory
Book(s)	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Foundation series
Poet	Shakespeare
Comic Character	Marvel’s X-Men
Style Quotient
Car(s) Collection	• 1978 BMW 320i • Ford Model T • McLaren F1 • Jaguar Series 1 1967 E-type • Audi Q7 • Hamann BMW M5
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$201 billion (as of 6 June 2024)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Elon Musk

Does Elon Musk smoke?: Yes
Does Elon Musk drink alcohol?: Yes

Elon Musk Drinking Alcohol
He has his roots in America, Canada, South Africa and also has Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.
At the age of 10, Elon started teaching himself computer programming after developing an interest in the Commodore VIC-20 (computer).
He sold his first video game, ‘Blastar’ to ‘PC and Office Technology’ (a magazine) for $500. He was just 12 years old at that time.
In his childhood, he was deeply inspired by Isaac Asimov’s book, ‘Foundation series.’
Elon had a very dreadful childhood as he was bullied in his school. Once, he even got hospitalized after a group of boys beat him until he became unconscious and threw him down a flight of stairs.
Just before his 18th birthday, Elon moved to Canada against his father’s will. His father wanted Elon to complete his graduation from Pretoria itself but Elon chose to flee since he believed that it was easier to get to the United States from Canada.
In 1995, after raising funds from a small group of ‘angel investors,’ Elon and his brother, Kimbal, founded ‘Zip2’ (a web software company). Elon wanted to become the CEO of Zip2 but was not allowed by the other members of the board. However, Zip2 was later acquired by Compaq in 1999.
In 1999. Elon co-founded an e-mail payment and online financial services company, ‘X.com.’ A year later, X.com merged with Confinity, which provided a money-transfer service called, ‘PayPal.’ In 2000, He was knocked out from his position of CEO because of some disagreement with the allied party. Elon was the largest shareholder of X.com before it was acquired by eBay in 2002.
In 2000, he got married to his first wife, Justine Wilson. Their first son, Nevada Alexander Musk, died just after 10 weeks of his birth due to ‘Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).’ Through “in vitro fertilization” the couple was blessed with twins and triplets in the year 2004 and 2006 respectively.
He drafted “Mars Oasis” in 2001. The project was aimed to gain public interest in space exploration. Elon went to Russia to buy refurbished ‘Dnepr Intercontinental ballistic missiles’ (ICBMs) for his project from the companies like NPO Lavochkin, and Kosmotras. He was spat upon by one of the Russian chief designers after Elon proposed his plan. He returned empty-handed to the US.
In 2002, in another meeting with the company Kosmotras, the company offered one rocket for $8 million to Elon, which he found too expensive. He left the meeting in between in anger and there he got the idea of founding a company which could build the cost-effective rockets he needed and hence Elon ended up founding “SpaceX” in May 2002.
In 2003, Tesla (a car manufacturer company) was co-founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning. In 2004, Elon joined the company as the Chairman of the board of Directors. Amidst some financial crisis and a few conflicts in 2008, Elon became the CEO of Tesla overthrowing Martin Eberhard from the post.
Musk’s Salary at Tesla is ₹1 only.
In 2005, his aircraft: (1994) model Dassault Falcon 900, was used in the film, “Thank you for smoking.” Elon made a cameo in the film as the pilot of the plane.
He was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board in 2006.
Musk provided financial support to his cousins, Lyndon, and Peter Rive, who founded ‘SolarCity’ in 2006. He also helped them by giving the initial concept of the project. Tesla, Inc wholly acquired SolarCity in 2016.
In 2008, Elon and Justine shared the custody of their five sons after getting separated from each other.
After dating actress, Talulah Riley, Elon tied the knot with her in 2010. In 2012, Musk announced a divorce with the actress. In 2013, Elon remarried her after which Musk again announced that he had filed for a second divorce from Talulah. Though the divorce was withdrawn but was later finalized in 2016.
In 2010, his name was among “Time‘s 100 people” who affected the world the most and was also listed among the 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire magazine.
Musk was listed among the “America’s 20 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under” by Forbes in February 2011.
In 2013, Musk became the Fortune Businessperson of the year for SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity.
In 2015, Elon made a cameo, playing himself in an episode, “The Musk Who Fell to Earth” of ‘The Simpsons.’ In the same year, Elon made a guest appearance, playing himself in an episode of the famous series, ‘The Big Bang Theory.’
Along with Sal Khan and Mark Zuckerberg , he was listed as one of the “Top 10 Business Visionaries Creating Value for the World” in 2016.
He held the 21st position on the Forbes list of the World’s Most Powerful People in December 2016.
In 2016, Musk purchased the Tesla.com domain name from Stu Grossman.
‘Neuralink,’ was co-founded by Musk in 2016. It is a startup company that incorporates the human brain with artificial intelligence. It strives to create devices that can be embedded in the human brain.
In 2017, Elon bought the domain X.com from PayPal, stating that he holds “great sentimental value” with it.
On 6 February 2018, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched ‘Falcon Heavy’ which carried a ‘Tesla Roadster’ as a dummy payload belonging to Musk. Falcon Heavy is the world’s 4th highest capacity rocket ever built, becoming the most powerful rocket in operation as of 2018.

Space X launched Falcon Heavy with a Tesla Roadstar as a dummy payload
Once, Musk was stuck in a traffic jam, it was then, Musk decided to build a tunnel and unveiled its company’s name, ‘The Boring Company.’
In 2018, Musk tried to assist the rescuers in the ‘Tham Luang cave rescue operation,’ in which a junior football team got trapped in (a cave in Thailand). His engineers at SpaceX and The Boring Company constructed a submarine called, ‘Wild Boar’ to be sent to Thailand to rescue the children. By the time his submarine reached Thailand, eight of the twelve children had already been rescued so the Government of Thailand did not use his submarine.

Elon Musk’s ‘Wild Boar’ being tested for the rescue operation
In 2018, Elon announced that SpaceX would be sending its first passenger, Yusaku Maezawa (a Japanese billionaire) to the moon by 2023.

Elon Musk With Yusaku Maezawa
In an interview, Elon revealed that Tesla would never make an electric motorcycle. He further revealed that when he was a teenager he was almost killed by a truck while driving his motorcycle.
Being a Philanthropist, he founded the ‘Musk Foundation,’ which aims to provide solar-power energy systems in the disaster-prone areas.
On his trip to India, he spent a night with a spiritual guru who told him to serve the poor. That is how Musk got the enlightenment of social service.
In April 2020, he took to Twitter to reveal the name of his newborn son – X Æ A-12 Musk.
By Forbes’ calculations, Elon Musk surpassed Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person on January 8, 2021. The Tesla chief went nearly $5 billion ahead of the former world’s number one, Jeff Bezos, who had a net worth of $185 billion. check sources Forbes
In September 2021, in an interview, he told that he and Grimes were semi-separated. check sources India Today He said,

We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms.
Even after being one of the richest persons in the world, Elon Musk doesn’t own any house. check sources Time
On 5 April 2022, Twitter Inc announced Elon Musk to join the board of directors, a day after Musk disclosed a 9.2% stake in the social media company; check sources The Hindu however, he declined to join the Twitter board and said that he would continue to give new suggestions to the microblogging site. check sources The Hindu On 25 April 2022, in a dramatic shift, he reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion. check sources The Hindu In a joint statement with Twitter, he said,

Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated.”
In May 2022, his mother, Maye Musk, was featured on the cover page of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2022, making her one of the world’s oldest women to be featured on the cover of this magazine. check sources The Free Press Journal

Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2022
In July 2022, his father, Errol Musk, made headlines after it was revealed that he had allegedly impregnated his 35-year-old stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout. Reportedly, Elon Musk has an estranged relationship with his father, and in an interview with Rolling Stone, Elon Musk cried and described his father as a horrible and evil person. check sources The Economic Times Elon Musk, in another interview, revealed that he had tried changing his father for the better, but he failed. Elon Musk said,

I tried threats, rewards, and arguments to change my father for the better. No way, it just got worse.”
On 15 February 2023, he introduced his pet dog Floki, a Shiba Inu dog, as the new CEO of Twitter and said that Floki was “so much better than that other guy.”

Elon Musk’s tweet about his pet dog Floki as the CEO of Twitter
In an interview, American author, professor, and journalist Walter Isaacson shared insights about Elon Musk’s inspirations and perspectives. Isaacson highlighted that Musk, profoundly inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte’s leadership, has deeply studied his life. Musk’s interest in military history is so pronounced that he often listens to the ‘Hardcore History’ podcast at night. Isaacson further said that Musk sees the lessons from military history, particularly those from Napoleon’s era, as applicable to the business sphere. Additionally, according to Isaacson, Musk holds a strong view against remote work, considering working from home to be “morally wrong.” check sources New York Post
According to Elon Musk’s biography, he joined a wilderness survival camp named Veldskool at the age of 12. In the camp, the children were given small portions of food and water and were encouraged to compete for these resources. This often led to conflicts with older kids often resorting to physical aggression to take food from the younger ones. Elon himself experienced being beaten up twice at the camp. He joined the camp for the second time at the age of 16, and this time, he had learnt judo. check sources India Today A statement in the book read,

I realised by then that is someone bullied me, I could punch them very hard in the nose, and they wouldn’t bully me again. They might beat the s*** out of me, but if I had punched them hard in the nose, they wouldn’t come after me again.”
During an interaction with Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson in July 2024, he called gender-affirming care “evil” and said he would destroy the woke mind virus that killed his child Xavier. After coming out as transgender in June 2022, Xavier filed a legal request to change her name from Xavier to Vivian and desired she should not be connected with Musk.
In January 2025, after Donald Trump took over as the President of the US, he directed Elon Musk to arrange for a space vessel from SpaceX to bring Sunita Williams and Butch back to Earth.
In February 2025, Trump appointed Elon as the Department of Government Efficiency’s head and special advisor.
In the same month, he issued a notification instructing federal government employees to prepare a list of their achievements. He also stated that any employee who fails to create this list will face termination from their job.
Following the instructions, netizens began equating his decision to the firing of former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal . Parag was terminated from the post in 2022 a week after Elon asked him to present a similar “list of achievements.” Elon responded with a dig at Parag and said,

Parag got nothing done. Parag was fired.”

A snip of Elon Musk’s tweet
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