Elon Musk said his partner Shivon Zilis, half-Indian by heritage, is mother to four of his children, and their son’s name honors Indian Nobel laureate Chandrasekhar.

Elon Musk revealed on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast that his partner, Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, is half-Indian through her Punjabi mother, though she was adopted and raised in Canada with no personal ties to India. He shared that one of their sons bears the middle name Sekhar, honoring Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Musk emphasized the importance of parenthood, calling it essential for humanity’s survival, and praised skilled immigrants for benefiting the U.S., countering "brain drain" concerns. Zilis, a Yale graduate and tech executive, is the mother of four of Musk’s children.