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Elon Musk is a visionary entrepreneur, innovator, business magnate and the richest person in the world (2021). Musk is the founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and OpenAI.
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Elon Musk is a visionary entrepreneur, innovator, business tycoon, a billionaire, and the richest person in the world (2021) who was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa. Musk’s full name is Elon Reeve Musk.
Musk is the founder of PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and OpenAI. Elon Musk is currently the CEO at Tesla and the CEO, and Lead Engineer at SpaceX.

Elon Musk was born in South Africa in 1971. Photo: Maye Musk
Elon Musk is the eldest of three children of a South African father and a Canadian mother. His father Errol Musk is an engineer, and his mother Maye Musk is a nutritionist and a model. His brother Kimbal Musk is a successful restaurateur, and entrepreneur. Elon’s sister Tosca Musk, is an accomplished producer and director.
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Elon Musk was bullied as a child, once he was hospitalised after one beating and unable to return to school for a week. “They got my best friend to lure me out of hiding so they could beat me up. For some reason they decided that I was it, and they were going to go after me nonstop. That’s what made growing up difficult. For a number of years there was no respite. You get chased around by gangs at school who tried to beat the [expletive] out of me, and then I’d come home, and it would just be awful there as well.” Musk said about his childhood.
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Elon Musk has 10 children:
Elon Musk and ex-wife Justine Musk have six children: The couple’s first son, Nevada, sadly died of SIDS when he was only 10 weeks old; later the couple welcomed twins and triples: Griffin Musk was born in 2004, Vivian Jenna Wilson (Xavier Alexander Musk) born in 2004, Kai Musk born in 2006, Saxon Musk born in 2006, Damian Musk born in 2006.
Elon Musk and ex-girlfriend Grimes have two children: A boy named X Æ A-Xii Musk born in 2020, and a girl named Exa Dark Sideræl born in 2021.
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis have twins: Shivon Zilis who works at Neuralink (Elon Musk’s company) welcomed twins in 2021.
Elon Musk thinks that “the biggest problem the world will face in 20 years is population collapse. I want to emphasize this the biggest issue in 20 years we will be population collapse not explosion collapse”. Watch the video
Musk was married to Justine Musk a Canadian author.
Musk was married to Justine Musk a Canadian author. The couple got married in 2000, their first son, Nevada, died of SIDS at 10 weeks old. The couple later went on to have twin and triplet boys. Musk and Justine welcomed twins Griffin Musk and Xavier Musk in 2004 and triplets Kai Musk, Saxon Musk and Damian Musk were born in 2006. Musk and Justine got divorced in 2008.
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Elon Musk was married to English actress Talulah Riley
Musk dated and married English actress Talulah Riley in 2010, the couple divorced in 2012. They remarried in July 2013. Musk filed for a divorce in December 2014, but withdrew the paperwork. Riley filed for divorce in March 2016; their divorce was finalised in October 2016.
Elon Musk and Grimes’ Children: Baby X and Baby Y.
Elon Musk and musician Grimes started dating in the spring of 2018. In January 2020 Grimes announced she was expecting a baby with Elon Musk. In May 2018; Grimes gave birth to a baby boy who the couple named “X Æ A-Xii Musk”, or “X Ash A-12 Musk.” They call him baby “X”. The name was partially inspired by one of the Grimes’ songs from the 4ÆM album.
In March 2022, Grimes revealed her secret new baby. Grimes shared in an interview that she and Elon Musk welcomed a second baby, a daughter, in December 2021. The couple used a surrogate to deliver their second child. Their daughter’s full name is Exa Dark Sideræl, they have nicknamed her “Y”.
Grimes shared (March 2023) a new photo of her daughter Exa Dark Sideræl on social media. The singer said “Normally we [don’t] post her for her privacy but she’s fairly unrecognizable here since shes channelling Goku or smthn”. Grimes continues “She’s Y now, or “Why?” or just “?” (But the government won’t recognize that). curiosity, the eternal question, .. and such.”

Elon Musk’s daughter Exa Dark Sideræl [left] with her mother Grimes [right]. Photo: Grimes
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Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world (2021)
Elon Musk, the wealthiest person in the world (2021), founder of multiple successful companies and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, was named Time’s Person of the Year in 2021. The title is given to “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse.”
Elon Musk is now Twitter’s largest shareholder. Tesla CEO Elon Musk, buys 9.2% stake in Twitter.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest person, buys 9.2% stake in Twitter worth almost $3 billion based on Friday’s (01 April 2022) market close ; making him the social media platform’s largest shareholder. Musk purchased approximately 73.5 million shares. Twitter shares soar more than 25% after Elon Musk takes 9.2% stake in the social media company.
Elon Musk asked his 80 million followers whether Twitter adheres to free speech principles, Musk said he was giving serious thought to starting his own social media platform. “Free speech is essential to a functioning democracy. Do you believe Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle?” Musk asked on Twitter.
