Elon Musk had twins final 12 months with certainly one of his high executives, says report

Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a high govt at his brain-chip startup Neuralink, had twins in November of 2021, Business Insider reported on Wednesday.

In April, Musk and Zilis filed a petition to alter the identify of the twins to “have their father’s last name” and include their mom’s final identify as a part of their center identify, the report mentioned, citing court docket paperwork.

A month later, a Texas decide accepted the petition, the report added.

A court docket docket abstract on the Westlaw authorized analysis service confirmed a decide signed an “Order Changing the Names Of Multiple Children” on May 11 after the identify change petition from Musk and Zilis made on April 25 this 12 months.

The report mentioned, with out citing any supply, that Zillis has just lately been floated as one of many folks Musk may faucet to run Twitter Inc after his $44 billion deal acquisition.

Zilis, 36, is recognized on her LinkedIn profile as director of operations and particular initiatives at Neuralink, which is co-founded and chaired by Musk, 51. She began working on the firm in May 2017, the identical month she was named a venture director in synthetic intelligence at Tesla, the place she labored till 2019.

She additionally serves as a board member at artificial-intelligence analysis agency OpenAI, which was co-founded by Musk, in response to her profile on LinkedIn.

The information of the twins’ arrival brings Musk’s whole depend of kids to 9. Musk shares two youngsters with Canadian singer Grimes, and different 5 youngsters together with his ex-wife Canadian writer Justine Wilson.

Musk and Grimes welcomed their second baby through surrogate in December. The billionaire mentioned that he and Grimes had been “semi-separated,” in response to a report by Page Six in September final 12 months.

Musk and Zilis didn’t instantly reply to Reuters‘ request for feedback.