Billionaire Elon Musk has ten kids, but is he ready to welcome number eleven into the world?
In a new interview, the Tesla CEO called himself an “autumn chicken” and hinted that he isn’t done having more kids in the future.
Elon Musk Says He Is ‘Pretty Sure’ He Is Not Expecting Baby #11 (At Least This Year!)
After the news broke that he welcomed twins with a top Neuralink executive earlier this summer, many were surprised to learn that the SpaceX founder is father to ten children. However, in a recent interview with the Financial Times, he said that he is “pretty sure there are no other babies looming.”
However, he added that he’s not opposed to having more children in the future and expanding his already large family. Musk had most of his children with Canadian author Justine Musk, who he was married to from 2000 to 2008.
Musk first became a father in 2002 when his son Nevada was born, but the infant sadly passed away from SIDS at only ten weeks old. Two years later, the former couple welcomed twins Griffin and Vivian, now 18. They also welcomed triplets in 16: Kai, Saxon, and Damian. All three children are now 2006.
After the couple went their separate ways, the billionaire went on to date Canadian pop star Grimes. They welcomed son welcome son X AE A-XII, now 2, in May 2020, and daughter Exa, now 10 months, in December 2021.
Over the summer, it was revealed that Musk was the father of Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis’ two twins, who had been born in November 2021, only a month before his daughter with Grimes. Shortly after the news broke, Musk took to Twitter to confirm the news and claim that he wanted to keep having children to “help the underpopulation crisis.”
Musk Claims He Keeps Having Children ‘To Help The Underpopulation Crisis’
Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis.
A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 7, 2022
“Doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis,” he tweeted in July. “A collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.” In the comments, he added, “Mark my words. They are sadly true.”
USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years pic.twitter.com/v5PSLbvEAE
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2022
This isn’t the first time that Musk has publicly commented on what some perceive as a “Fertility Slump.” On May 24, Musk tweeted, “USA birth rate has been below min sustainable levels for ~50 years,” along with a graph from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have.
I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 24, 2022
“Contrary to what many think, the richer someone is, the fewer kids they have,” Musk said in a comment underneath the graph. “I am a rare exception. Most people I know have zero or one kid.”
I mean, I’m doing my part haha
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 14, 2022
Musk claimed that the “Past two years have been a demographic disaster” and then added, “I mean, I’m doing my part haha.”
However, it seems that the desire to help the “underpopulation crisis” runs in the family. Earlier this year, his father, Errol Musk, 76, confirmed that he welcomed a second love child with his stepdaughter, 35, and it seems he’s ready to welcome more children into the world.
In a recent conversation with The Sun, Errol revealed that a company in Colombia asked him to donate his sperm to several South American women. Errol said that he was asked because the company wants to bring more children into the world that have the same genes as Elon Musk.
Errol said, “I’ve got a company who wants me to donate sperm to impregnate high-class women.” He added, “They say, ‘Why go to Elon when they can go to the actual person who created Elon?’”
Although Elon has fathered at least ten children, several via surrogate, his father, a wealthy South African engineer, has welcomed at least seven children with three different women. In a previous interview with The Sun, he had claimed “The only thing we are on Earth for is to reproduce.”