As the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk is a polarizing public figure. Many of his silly quirks and outright meltdowns occur in the open for everyone to see. At the same time, he’s a rich eccentric who keeps many aspects of his personal life quite secret.
While Musk has made headlines for his relationship with Canadian pop singer Grimes, and for naming their newborn son X Æ A-12, you may be surprised to learn that Musk has been married three times and has had six previous children. Once you learn the secrets about these previous marriages, you’ll never look the same at Elon Musk again.
Don’t believe it? We’ve got all the secrets of Elon Musk’s marriages and ex-wives so you can judge for yourself!
Elon Musk met his first wife Justine Wilson in college
Elon Musk met his first wife, Canadian writer Justine Wilson, before he made his millions. They were both undergraduate students at Queen’s University in Ontario, and Musk pursued her relentlessly. They got married in 2000, a year after Musk sold his first start-up Zip2 for $20 million.
Wilson described their relationship in an essay for Marie Claire called “I Was a Starter Wife.” Two months after the wedding, Musk asked Wilson to sign a postnuptial agreement. She did, believing they were “soul mates” and would never get divorced.
Later, she regretted the decision, writing that she “effectively signed away all my rights as a married person.” 犀利士
Wilson claims Musk treated her like an employee
As you might imagine, Musk has a really overbearing personality. He tried to boss Wilson around on more than one occasion, including ordering his brunette wife to “Go platinum,” which she refused to do.
Wilson revealed in Marie Claire she felt like more of a “trophy wife” than a partner. “I wanted equality. I wanted partnership. I wanted to love and be loved, the way we had before he made all his millions.”
Wilson says she repeatedly reminded Musk, “I am your wife, not your employee” when he criticized her.
Musk would constantly reply, “If you were my employee, I’d fire you.”