Billionaire Elon Musk announced the birth of his fourteenth child, named Seldon Lycurgus, from his relationship with Shivon Zilis, who is an executive at Neuralink, Musk's neurotechnology company. Zilis revealed the baby's name coinciding with the birthday of Arcadia, the couple's daughter.
In her statements, Zilis described Seldon Lycurgus as a child with a "big heart" whom she loves very much, and Musk, for his part, responded to the news with a heart emoji. Musk, considered the richest man in the world and close to U.S. President Donald Trump, has had children with at least three different women and is known for choosing unconventional names for them like X Æ A-12.
The founder of SpaceX and Tesla has expressed concern about low birth rates in Western countries. Shivon Zilis, Musk's current partner, is a venture capitalist and executive at Neuralink. With the birth of Seldon Lycurgus, she becomes the mother of four of Musk's children.
The relationship between Zilis and Musk has been a source of mystery and controversy, as they do not usually show affection in public. However, at public events such as the inauguration in Washington before Trump's inauguration, they have been seen interacting amicably with people like Ivanka and Jeff Bezos. In a 2023 interview, Zilis described her relationship with Musk as one of the "most meaningful friendly bonds" of her life and expressed the wish that they would be friends forever, according to the billionaire's biographer, Walter Isaacson.
