The birth of a child is always a happy event but when it happens to a high-profile billionaire, it sometimes gets people talking. This is what recently happened to Elon Musk.
52-year-old Elon Musk frequently finds his way into the news for a variety of subjects. This particular time, however, happened earlier this year and it was largely a private occasion.
A new member of the Musk family was welcomed earlier this year and the mother, Shivon Zilis is the director of special projects at a company founded by Musk, Neuralink Corp.
Musk has always been very protective of his children and has tried to keep them from public scrutiny. This was highlighted in September 2023, when a post on X, when Claire Boucher, better known as Grimes who was a mother to three of his children asked for privacy for them and the kids. It was a lengthy post, in which she talked about the stress associated with the media and their relentless pursuit of information.
Elon Musk had his first son, Nevada Alexander in 2004 with his first wife, Justine Wilson. Unfortunately, that child passed away from sudden infant death syndrome at only 10 weeks of age. Later, they would go on to have twins in 2004 and triplets in 2006.
Musk and Grimes welcomed their first child together in May 2020. They had a surrogate daughter in December 2021 and around the same time, Shivon Zilis gave birth to twins quietly in November 2021.
The news about his latest child comes from a biography about Musk, whom they named Techno Mechanicus, but they call him Tau. He did confirm the birth of that child but didn’t address the secrecy associated with it.
He said: “As for ‘secretly fathered,’ that is also false. All our friends and family know. Failure to issue a press release, which would be bizarre, does not mean ‘secret'”
Many people who follow his life carefully were surprised to learn that he had a 12th child. People began commenting, with many not having much positive to say on the subject.