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.

Photo of Maye Musk with baby Elon Musk. Photo: Maye Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was an avid reader, who enjoyed reading all sort of books since young age. Musk described himself as a “bookworm,” who reads everything from encyclopedias to comic books.

Elon Musk enjoyed reading and described himself as a bookworm. Photo: Maye Musk

Upon arriving in Canada, Musk enrolled at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Two years later, Musk transferred to the University of Pennsylvania where he earned degrees in physics and economics.

Elon Musk commencement speech at Caltech. Photo: Maye Musk

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.

Photo of Elon Musk with ex wife Justine Musk. Photo: Justine Musk

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.

Photo of Elon Musk with ex-wife Talulah Riley.

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”.

Photo of Elon Musk with Grimes and son X Æ A-Xii Musk; baby X.

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

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; Founder and CEO at SpaceX. Photo: SpaceX

In January 2021, Elon Musk became the richest person in the world. A rally in Tesla’s share price that week boosted Elon Musk past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Elon Musk’s worth increassed to $194.8 billion, $9.5 billion more than Jeff Bezos.

Elon Musk is the Founder and CEO at Tesla

“I admire anyone who is making a positive contribution to humanity, whether that is in entertainment or technology.” – Elon Musk