US EditionDid You Know Elon Musk’s Partner Shivon Is Half-Indian — and Their Son Is Named After a Legendary Indian Scientist?
Musk honored Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar by giving his son the middle name Sekhar, highlighting Shivon Zilis’s half-Indian heritage and her Canadian upbringing.
- Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, recently said his partner Shivon Zilis is half Indian and one son has the middle name Sekhar, honoring Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.
- Given that she was given up for adoption, Shivon Zilis, partner and Neuralink director, grew up in Canada , and Musk said her father was likely an exchange student linking her ancestrally to India.
- A Yale-educated tech executive, Shivon Zilis joined Neuralink and serves as Director of Operations and Special Projects, with prior roles at IBM, Bloomberg, and Bloomberg Beta.
- On the podcast, Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, said the United States has benefitted from Indian talent but noted 'misuse' of the H-1B visa programme while opposing its shutdown.
- Zilis and Musk share four children—twins Strider and Azure, daughter Arcadia and son Seldon Lycurgus—while Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX CEO, has several other children with different partners.
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