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Elon Muskmay not be done adding to his family tree.
In a wide-ranging interview withFinancial Times, the Tesla CEO recently opened up about being a dad of 10, and whether he has plans to welcome more kids in the future.
Over the summer, it was reported that Musk became a father of 10 after he and Shivon Zilis, the project director at his Neuralink company,secretly welcomed twinsin November 2021.
Asked if there are any other kids that Musk has fathered, the SpaceX founder toldthe outlet, “I’m pretty sure there are no other babies looming.”
Still, Musk, who referred to himself as an “autumn chicken” at 51 years old, shared that he may welcome more kids down the line, so long as he can be a good father to them.
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He also shares 18-year-old twins Vivian Jenna Wilson and Griffin, along with triplets Kai, Damian and Sax, who were born in 2006, with his first wife, Justine Wilson. The two had another son, Nevada, who died at 10 weeks.
After court documents published in July revealed Musksecretly welcomed twinswith Zilis, he encouraged others to grow their families.
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Adding infollow-uptweets, Musk wrote, “Mark my words, they are sadly true” and “I hope you have big families and congrats to those who already do!”
Musk does not often discuss his own family, but he does have strong opinions on increasing the birth rate — stating that there are “not enough people” in the world atWall Street Journal’s annual CEO Councilin December 2021.
“I think one of the biggest risks to civilization is the low birth rate and the rapidly declining birthrate,” he said. “Please look at the numbers –– if people don’t have more children, civilization is going to crumble, mark my words.”
source: people.com
