Who is Shivon Zilis? Meet the Elon Musk exec who said their relationship suddenly ended
Shivon Zilis, a director at Neuralink and mother of four of Elon Musk's children, has publicly confirmed the end of their relationship. The article profiles her career trajectory within Musk's companies and their shared history in the AI sector.
Why it matters
Zilis's role as both a key executive in Musk's inner circle and a partner highlights the blurred lines between personal and professional life in the tech elite.
Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis with their twins. Courtesy of Walter Isaacson AI investor and developer Shivon Zilis is a longtime executive at Elon Musk's companies. She said on X that her relationship with Musk went "from in love to let go." A director at Neuralink, Zilis is a plaintiff in the trial and has four children with Musk. Shivon Zilis — a longtime executive at Elon Musk's companies and the mother of four of his children — said her relationship with the billionaire ended "in a week with no warning." In a post on X, Zilis shared a rare glimpse into Musk's romantic life. "I feel happy that I got to show Elon how it feels to be deeply understood, nurtured, and peacefully loved with stability and gentleness," she wrote on Friday.
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