Elon Musk has quietly fathered another child with an executive at his company.
On Sunday, the billionaire confirmed the news to Page Six, saying the baby is not a “secret” to those close to him.
“As for the 'secret fatherhood' thing, that's false,” Musk told the outlet. “All my friends and family know. It's weird not to issue a press release, but it doesn't make it a 'secret.'”
This is Musk's third child with Gillis. The billionaire quietly had twins with the Neuralink executive in 2021. According to court documents, Musk filed a petition to change the twins' names to “have the father's last name and include the mother's last name as part of their middle name.”
It is unclear how many children Musk has in total, but he has 11 publicly known living children: five with his first wife, author Justine Musk, three with musician Grimes, and three with Gillis.
Musk is co-founder and co-CEO of Neuralink, a company that develops brain-computer technology. The news about Gillis' child comes just weeks after The Wall Street Journal reported that Musk had been engaged in a “line-blurring relationship” with a female employee at Neuralink. SpaceX.
One former SpaceX employee reportedly alleged that Musk repeatedly asked her to have children. The employee turned him down and was later denied a pay raise, according to The Wall Street Journal. The employee eventually left the company and received more than $1 million in severance pay, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Musk has spoken publicly about his views on the risks of declining birth rates for years, saying he sees the issue as the biggest threat to civilization. He has also said he encourages his friends to have more children. The day after Business Insider reported that Musk had fathered twins with Gillis, he posted on X that he was doing his best to “save the underpopulation crisis.”
Musk is not the only tech mogul who sees reproduction as a way to save humanity. The idea is gaining support among influential figures who believe producing genetically superior offspring can counter the risks of declining birth rates.
Gillis and Musk did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
