--- title: "Elon Musk Reportedly Had Two More Secret Children This Year" description: "Insider reports that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's brood of children is even larger than previously known, with two twins been born last year." date: "2022-07-06" modified: "2022-07-06" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-two-more-secret-children" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "children" - "elon musk" - "ethics" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Reportedly Had Two More Secret Children This Year ![Insider reports that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's brood of children is even larger than previously known, with two twins been born last year.]() *NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 02: Elon Musk and Maye Musk attend The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) \Image: Getty Images\* ## Neuralink Daycare An [eyebrow-raising scoop from *Insider*]() found that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's brood of children is even larger than previously known, with two new twins having been born last November. For those keeping score, the infants are not Musk's first secret offspring that have come to light. Back in March of this year, it [emerged in a *Vanity Fair* profile]() that Musk had had a second baby with his on-again-off-again girlfriend, the acclaimed musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher — a revelation that came about accidentally when the reporter working on the story heard a baby crying upstairs. All in, the billionaire now has nine known children. The mother of the latest infants, whose names have not been revealed, is also a notable individual. But in a fraught twist, according to *Insider*'s reporting, it turns out that this women — by the name of Shivon Zilis — is a highly-accomplished employee of Musk who has worked at several of his ventures including OpenAI, Tesla, and currently Neuralink. ## Ethical Minefield Needless to say, it's [very widely frowned on]() for executives to maintain romantic, sexual or parental relationships with their subordinates, a norm in the business world that Musk seems to be flagrantly violating here. That transgression is especially noteworthy because of [another notable *Insider* scoop](), this one in May of this year, which quoted legal documents claiming that Musk had made improper sexual advances toward a flight attendant working in a SpaceX private jet. According to the documents reviewed by *Insider*, SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 in a severance agreement after the allegations came to light. And that's just the beginning of the criticism of [Musk's treatment of women](). Musk, who along with the other people named in *Insider*'s story declined to comment, is a fabulously powerful, wealthy and famous individual — and with a [hairline that only money can buy](). If he wanted to, there are almost certainly unfathomable number of people he could date who are not his employees. In fact, he's dated and been married to several in the past, including Boucher. What this latest revelation underscores is a side of Musk that seems to emerge regularly, and perhaps more frequently as he ages: a talented executive who's accomplishing extraordinary things in the fields of space travel, electric vehicles, and beyond — but who has astonishingly poor impulse control. **More on Elon Musk:** *[Elon Musk Deletes Sexist Tweets]()* ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()