
Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives, Insider says
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SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks for the duration of a discussion with famous activity designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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July 7 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Government Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a top rated executive at his mind-chip startup Neuralink, experienced twins in November 2021, Insider described.
In April, Musk and Zilis submitted a petition to change the title of the twins to “have their father’s last name” and contain their mother’s very last name as component of their middle name, Insider claimed on Wednesday, citing courtroom files.
A courtroom docket summary on the Westlaw lawful study company showed a choose signed an “Order Shifting the Names Of Various Young children” on May 11 just after the identify modify petition from Musk and Zilis made on April 25 this 12 months.
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On Thursday, Musk tweeted, “Undertaking my very best to aid the underpopulation crisis.” He did not refer to the Insider report.
“A collapsing start rate is the largest danger civilization faces by far,” he said.
The twins bring Musk’s whole depend of youngsters to nine. Musk shares two kids with Canadian singer Grimes, and another five little ones with his ex-wife Canadian creator Justine Wilson.
Musk and Grimes welcomed their second kid by way of surrogate in December, a month just after Musk and Zilis reportedly experienced twins.
The billionaire said that he and Grimes have been “semi-separated,” according to a report by Webpage Six in September final yr.
Musk and Zilis did not right away respond to Reuters’ requests for feedback.
The report, without citing a supply, claimed Zilis has been floated as one particular of the persons Musk could have operate Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) following his $44 billion acquisition deal.
Zilis, 36, is identified on her LinkedIn profile as director of functions and specific assignments at Neuralink, which is co-founded and chaired by Musk, 51. She started out functioning at the corporation in Might 2017, the same month she was named a undertaking director in artificial intelligence at Tesla, where she labored until finally 2019.
She also serves as a board member at artificial-intelligence investigation company OpenAI, which was co-established by Musk, in accordance to her profile on LinkedIn.
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Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru and Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco and Mike Scarcella in Silver Spring, Maryland Modifying by Sandra Maler and Howard Goller
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