Musk’s partner Shivon confirms breakup:’Things went from love to separation in a week,’ says Shivon Zilis; couple has 4 kids

The US-based neurotechnology company Neuralink’s executive director and Elon Musk’s partner, Shivon Zilis, has confirmed that she and Elon Musk have broken up. In a post on X on Friday, she said that within a week, the relationship had gone from love to separation. She had received no prior warning. Zilis said, “I am saddened by this separation, but I still care deeply about Musk. I want him to always be happy. I hope the two of us will remain good friends and continue raising our children together.” Shivon Zilis’s statement came after people on social media noticed that Musk had unfollowed Zilis on his X account. Zilis then announced the breakup on X. Musk owns X, which was formerly known as Twitter. Zilis runs Musk’s company Neuralink. Musk is the father of 14 children; Zilis became a mother three times between 2021 and 2025 Shivon Zilis and Elon Musk have four children. They include twins Strider and Azure, daughter Arcadia and son Seldon Lycurgus. Musk announced the birth of the twins in 2021. Arcadia was born in 2024. Jilis later announced the birth of her fourth child, Seldon Lycurgus, in a social media post on 28 February 2025. However, she did not disclose the child’s exact date of birth. Seldon is Elon Musk’s 14th child. Musk has had 2 marriages and several girlfriends Elon Musk has been married 2 times. Justine Wilson and Talulah Riley were his wives, while his relationships with Amber Heard, Grimes and Shivon Zilis have been the subject of public discussion. First marriage to Justine Wilson, 6 children: Musk met English literature student Justine Wilson while studying physics at Queen’s University in Canada in the 1990s. They married in January 2000 after dating for several years. Their first son, Nevada, was born in 2002. However, he died of infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks. The couple then welcomed twins, Vivian and Griffin, through IVF in 2004. In 2006, they had three more children, Kai, Saxon and Damian, also through IVF. Musk and Justine Wilson divorced in 2008. Married Talulah Riley twice: Musk began dating British actress Talulah Riley in 2008. The two married in 2010, but divorced in 2012. They remarried in 2013. In December 2014, Talulah filed for divorce for the second time, but withdrew the petition the following year. In March 2016, Talulah filed for divorce for the third time, and the two divorced. Musk and Talulah have no children. Was in a relationship with actress Amber Heard: Musk dated Hollywood actress Amber Heard for several months between late 2016 and early 2017. Amber’s former husband, Johnny Depp, later accused her of cheating on him with Musk during their marriage. However, both Musk and Amber denied the relationship. The two split in 2017. In November 2017, Musk said that he had been truly in love with Amber. Relationship with Grimes, three children: Elon Musk and singer Grimes began dating in April 2018. The couple welcomed their first child in May 2020. The child was named X Æ A-12. In December 2021, their daughter Exa Dark Sideræl was born through surrogacy. The two separated in 2022. Later, information also emerged about the couple’s third child, Techno Mechanicus. Very little information about the child, including the exact date of birth, is publicly available. Relationship with Shivon Zilis, four children: Elon Musk’s relationship with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis subsequently came to light. The couple have four children. Their twins, Strider and Azure, were born in November 2021. Their daughter Arcadia was born in 2024, followed by their son Seldon Lycurgus in February 2025. Social media influencer claims: Musk is the father of my child: On 15 February 2025, American social media influencer and writer Ashley St Clair claimed that she was the mother of Elon Musk’s son. St Clair said she had secretly given birth to the child five months earlier, but had not announced it sooner for safety and privacy reasons. Musk has repeatedly urged people to have more children Elon Musk has long described the declining birth rate as a threat to the world and human civilisation. He has repeatedly urged people to have more children. In 2021, he said that civilisation would end if people did not have more children.