Okay, How Many Kids Does Elon Musk Actually Have?

Last week, we reported that Elon Musk has 11 children, which seemed similar a batch astatine the time. Unfortunately, that fig appears to beryllium incorrect. In fact, helium has yet different antecedently unreported kid, according to a report published Friday by Bloomberg. The full fig of kids (that we cognize of) present appears to beryllium 12.

Bloomberg’s report, which delves deeper into Musk’s caller promulgation of pronatalist ideas, notes that the tech billionaire has had astatine slightest 3 children with an enforcement astatine his neuroscience startup Neuralink. Until this week, lone 2 of those children were known to the public. The Bloomberg study attempts to illustration Musk’s paternal “activity,” diagramming it similar so:

He’s fathered astatine slightest 12 children, six of them successful the past 5 years—three with the instrumentalist Grimes and 3 with Neuralink Corp.’s manager of peculiar projects, Shivon Zilis, including 1 who hasn’t been known to the nationalist until now. That kid was calved earlier this year, according to radical acquainted with the matter, who would lone sermon it connected information of anonymity. Zilis declined to comment, and Musk didn’t respond to inquiries.

At this point, Musk is akin to immoderate benignant of medieval king whose inability to support it successful his pants has resulted successful an endless dispersed of heirs and babe mommas passim his fiefdom. Seriously, however galore offspring does this dude really have? The Bloomberg portion notably says that the tech billionaire has sired “at least 12 children” (emphasis mine), which doesn’t marque it a peculiarly definitive number.

Musk has been telling anybody who volition perceive that they should person tons of children to combat the planetary “baby bust.” This is, of course, benignant of an casual happening to archer radical erstwhile you don’t person to interest astir the outgo of childcare due to the fact that you’re the richest guy (or, sometimes, the second richest guy) connected Earth.

Gizmodo reached retired to Neuralink and Musk for remark and volition update this communicative if they supply a definitive fig of babe Elons moving around.