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Showing Original Post only (View all)Elon Musk is building a compound in Texas to house his 'legion' of children and their mothers [View all]
Last edited Wed Apr 16, 2025, 10:51 AM - Edit history (1)
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The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His Legion of Babiesand Their Mothers
The worlds richest man juggles more than a dozen children and harem drama along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
Story by Dana Mattioli
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Musk often has Birchall step in to handle negotiations with the women over arrangements for the pregnancy and financial support after. The arrangements play out in similar ways for the different women, according to a document and people familiar with the matter.
Birchall was involved in acquiring the property for a compound in Austin where Musk imagined the women and his growing number of babies would all live among multiple residences, according to a person familiar with the matter. He is involved in other property deals across Musks different businesses.
Zilis lives in the gated community with their children, and Musk comes and goes. Musk also attempted to get Grimes to move to the compound, but she refused. Similarly, he tried to get St. Clair to spend some time in Austin with our kid legion, according to a text he sent her.
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From October:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/business/elon-musk-children-compound.html
https://archive.ph/qxhOF
Elon Musk Wants Big Families. He Bought a Secret Compound for His.
As the billionaire warns of population collapse and the moral obligation to have children, hes navigating his own complicated family.
By Kirsten GrindRyan Mac and Sheera Frenkel
Published Oct. 29, 2024 | Updated Oct. 31, 2024
On a quiet, leafy street of multimillion-dollar properties, one stands out: a 14,400-square-foot mansion that looks like a villa plucked from the hills of Tuscany and transplanted to Austin, Texas.
This is where Elon Musk, 53, the worlds richest man and perhaps the most important campaign backer of former President Donald J. Trump, has been trying to establish the cornerstone of an unusual family compound, according to four people familiar with his plans.
A proponent of in vitro fertilization, Mr. Musk believes strongly in increasing the worlds population. He has even offered his own sperm to friends and acquaintances, including the former independent vice-presidential candidate Nicole Shanahan, according to two people familiar with his offer. Ms. Shanahan turned him down.
Mr. Musk has tried to keep his own growing family a secret. The compound, and his efforts to fill it with his children, which have not been previously reported, isnt just a personal matter for him; it is rooted in the existential anxieties that underpin his business empire.
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Elon Musk is building a compound in Texas to house his 'legion' of children and their mothers [View all]
dalton99a
Apr 2025
OP
As if Austin wasn't already burdened with a "Not As Nice As It Used To Be" stigma. (nt)
Paladin
Apr 2025
#2
Yesterday I read that "pronatalist" has been added to the litany of Smuk descriptives.
Hugin
Apr 2025
#22
This plot we're living through would have been pulp trash for the editors.
Baitball Blogger
Apr 2025
#12