Maye Musk says she still had to mediate Elon and Kimbal’s fights after they became startup founders

Maye Musk said she helped mediate her sons' disagreements when they were building their startup together. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Maye Musk released a new memoir, "Timeless," on September 15. In it, she wrote that she mediated disputes between her sons, Elon and Kimbal Musk, as they built Zip2. She wrote that she took on domestic labor because her sons "wouldn't stop to take care of themselves." Maye Musk said she helped her sons navigate the early days of building their startup, Zip2. In her memoir, "Timeless," released September 15, Maye described her sons' differing management styles and the family meetings she held to help them work through disagreements. She recalled an incident when her sons clashed over an underperforming employee at Zip2. Her eldest son, Elon Musk , was "about the facts," even as a kid, she wrote.