Behind the success of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk has also had many romantic relationships with many famous stars, singers and writers.

Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Pretoria, South Africa. His mother is Maye Musk, a Canadian model who appeared on the cover of Time and was a spokesperson for CoverGirl at the age of 69. His father is an engineer. In the book From Dreams to Hitchhiking in the Galaxy, Elon Musk admits that his personality is greatly influenced by his mother’s adventurous blood and his father’s scientific mind.

In the 21st century, Musk is one of the most famous technology billionaires in the world with successes in electric cars, aerospace, Artificial Intelligence… But behind the strength of a hero when running Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink is the image of a passionate man.

Innocent first love

Elon Musk had a troubled childhood. His parents divorced early, he did not have many friends and was often bullied at school. Everything changed when Musk was 17 years old, when he moved to Canada, studying at Queen’s University in Ontario. Here Musk met Justine Wilson.

At 17 years old, Musk was a handsome young man with a distinctive South African accent. But he was not Wilson’s ideal model. “I liked a guy who would park his motorbike under my dorm window and call my name at dusk. A ‘Romeo’ in a dark brown leather jacket. Unfortunately, Musk was far from that image,” Justine Wilson told Marie Claire.

One summer afternoon in 1998, Musk unexpectedly appeared on Wilson’s dorm stairs. He asked her out for ice cream. Wilson declined and went into her study room. A few hours later, Musk returned with two melted chocolate ice creams in his hands. “That’s how our relationship started, very sweet, but it didn’t last. Elon Musk then had to transfer to Wharton. We broke up,” Wilson confided.

“He was a scientific type, specialized in numbers, commerce and logic. I wasn’t the only woman Musk pursued. Even though we were far apart, he still sent flowers regularly,” Wilson said.

Elon Musk and Justine Wilson first met in college. Photo: Justine Wilson.

Once Musk returned to Queens to visit friends, he contacted Wilson and the two had an intimate dinner together. Afterwards, they went to a bookstore together, Wilson pointed to a shelf and said: “One day, I want my books to be here.” Wilson told this to a close friend and received no support. But Elon Musk did not consider it a pipe dream, he looked at her and was surprised. “It was the first time someone told me ‘I see myself in you’. I understood what that meant and I fell in love with Musk,” Wilson said.

After graduating from college, the two decided to follow their own callings in life. Wilson went to Japan, a year later returned to Canada, took a bartending job and started a writing career. Musk went to Silicon Valley to start a business. During this time, the South African-born guy started a business with Zip2. He and three roommates built the first company during the dot-com bubble.

Wilson often flew to Silicon to visit her. One time after dinner, the two went to a bookstore together, Musk gave her his credit card and said: “Buy as many books as you want.” For Wilson at that time, no man had said anything sweeter. She had dated a 20-year-old entrepreneur who had struggled to start a business, but now, the man who was on one knee, proposing to her was a billionaire.

Inside America’s most magical divorce

On a special night in 2000, Musk and Wilson officially became husband and wife with the blessings of family and friends. To the melodious music of the dance, he whispered to the bride: “I will be the upper hand in this relationship.” At that time, Wilson did not care much, but from that moment, Musk really showed his “master” personality.

Two years after their marriage, they had their first son, who died at 10 weeks old. Wilson fell into depression, and Musk did not want to talk about it again. They soon considered artificial insemination and had five more sons together – twins once, triplets later.

In her diary Inside America’s Most Amazing Divorce, Wilson wrote: “Seven years into our marriage, we needed a housekeeper. The house became Musk’s office. Fundraisers were held at the family’s dining room table with Hollywood stars like Paris Hilton and Leonardo DiCaprio.”

Musk once had an admirable family with a glamorous life of the upper class. Photo: Celebs’ life.

After the Paypal deal, Musk officially entered the upper class life. Wilson called it a dream life, privileged and surreal. But it was not enough to hide the cracks in this marriage.

Musk was obsessed with work. Even when he was at home, his mind was on the company. In the biography Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, the South African-born billionaire confirmed the above details and admitted that he was a workaholic. Arguments started from small things, such as the children’s sleep schedule to house and family matters.

During one argument, Wilson said: “You are not my employee, don’t act like that.” Musk replied: “If you were my employee, you would have been fired.” The incident repeated itself many times. When the marriage was on the brink of collapse, the Musks decided to sit down together again. Wilson wanted to love and be loved like before her husband made millions of dollars. She gave an ultimatum: “If you don’t solve this, we’re getting a divorce.” The next morning, she found her credit cards were cut off and divorce papers were filed in court.

California law stipulates that pre-marital assets are personal. But any assets or income earned after marriage will be divided equally between husband and wife. At this time, Musk was a billionaire with a huge fortune. Therefore, their divorce was not simply a matter of love but also involved many complicated legal issues.

When Wilson did not agree with the terms of the divorce, she filed for court. Both of their assets were frozen. This seriously affected Musk’s business. Because they could not reach an agreement, the divorce lasted two years. The legal fees alone cost more than $4 million. In addition to monthly legal fees, Musk is also responsible for the children’s living expenses. “I send Justine $20,000 a month,” Musk said of his divorce from his first wife in 2008.

Justine Wilson called her divorce “the most amazing in America,” not just because of the huge numbers and the public attention it received at the time. What’s special is that the relationship between Musk’s ex-wife and his new wife was incredibly peaceful afterward.

While the divorce was still the focus of Silicon Valley, Musk met a young woman named Talulah Riley. “People wondered why I didn’t ‘teach Riley a lesson,’ but surprisingly, we got along very well,” Musk’s first wife said. She once sent her husband’s new lover an email saying: “I’d rather live like in a French movie, where two women become friends and think about many things, than like in an American movie where one good and one bad fight and one gets thrown off the balcony.” In response, Talulah Riley replied: “Behave like a French person.”

The woman who was Musk’s wife twice

Unlike his dreamy first love, Musk met his second wife in July 2009, at a nightclub in the wealthy Mayfair area of ​​London. The nightclub owner introduced girls who were considered the most beautiful in the British capital. Talulah Riley appeared and immediately attracted the attention of the young billionaire. They had dinner together and dated. The second Mrs. Musk was proposed to just a month later.

In the book From Dreams to Hitchhiking in the Galaxy, Elon Musk tells about one of the biggest difficulties in his life when starting SpaceX. In 2009, he admitted to his fiancée that he only had enough money to live on until the end of the year.

Musk and Riley have been married and divorced twice. Photo: Talulah Riley.

Musk is a passionate lover, but if he had to choose between work and family, he would definitely choose work. The SpaceX CEO said: “I want to die on Mars. If my wife and I have kids, she can stay on Earth with them.” Musk has hardly changed since his emotional first marriage. He seems to still want to have the upper hand in relationships.

Musk and Riley got married in 2010. The Tesla CEO’s second marriage lasted only two years. “The past 4 years have been amazing. I will love you forever. You will definitely make someone else happy,” Elon Musk announced his divorce on Twitter.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Musk said: “If I didn’t love, if I didn’t have a long-term partner, I would never be happy. Sleeping alone every day would kill me, even though I’ve never experienced that feeling.”

A year after the divorce, Musk and Riley unexpectedly announced their remarriage. “I missed him so much,” the second Mrs. Musk wrote in a book about getting back together with her husband. But ironically, a year after their second marriage, at the same time the book was released, Musk and Riley announced their second divorce, to the surprise of many.

The women who passed through Musk’s life

Even after being married and divorced twice with Musk, Talulah Riley still didn’t understand everything about this billionaire. “He was the strangest person I’ve ever met,” Riley briefly described Musk.

Everyone agrees with Riley’s assessment of Musk, but there is one thing that is not so strange about this man – he really likes beautiful girls. The girls who have crossed Musk’s path are all exceptionally beautiful women. Even at the age of 17, one of the reasons Musk applied to Queen’s University was because there were so many female students there.

After many lawsuits related to marriage, Musk announced that he would not get married again. After Riley, the 45-year-old billionaire dated actress Amber Heard – ex-wife of actor Johnny Depp. Their love story was once the center of attention of the entertainment world, when Johnny Depp and his wife went to court. “Pirates of the Caribbean” accused Elon Musk of being the cause of their breakup. There is much evidence that the two dated before Amber Heard broke up with her ex-husband. Musk has consistently denied the rumors.

Elon Musk was once accused by Johnny Depp of interfering in his marriage with actress Amber Heard. Photo: Splash News.

The two publicly dated in 2016 when the actress had just ended her marriage. She said “we came together because of love and passion for science”. But even though Amber Heard is one of the most attractive women in the world with long blonde hair, a sunny smile and always exuding a deadly charm, in her relationship with Musk, she was still just the “underdog”.

At the end of 2017, this relationship ended, the reason being that both were too busy with work. Musk at that time constantly “complained” to the media that he was dumped by the beauty and was in pain for many weeks when the relationship broke up.

Musk said: “You live in an empty house, footsteps echoing down the hallway, no one around, no one. No one sleeping next to you. I wonder how you can live with that feeling every day.”

So, half a year after breaking up with actress Amber Heard, Musk’s love story became the focus of the media again. In May 2018, Musk and singer Grimes – who is 16 years younger than him – made their relationship public at the 2018 Met Gala fashion event in New York, USA. Elon Musk appeared elegant in a black and white tuxedo, while his girlfriend wore makeup and dressed in a strange style, her hair in a messy bun, like a witch in a movie.

Elon Musk and singer Grimes are dating. They also recently welcomed their first child, X AE A-XII Musk. Photo: GQ.

Although they have publicly dated, the two do not live together, as they are both busy with work. Musk leaves his girlfriend at a luxury hotel in Los Angeles. They also have a private house nearby so they can spend time together when they are free. After brief meetings, the two return to their own homes and continue their normal lives.

Two years after publicly dating, Musk and Grimes had their first son together. The fact that they have a child together is not as surprising as the way Musk named the child. Initially, the two agreed to call the baby X Æ A-12 Musk. This strange name once caused controversy all over the Internet, the public had little idea what exactly these characters meant, until Grimes spoke up to explain. “X is a variable, Æ can be understood as AI – the thing that brought the two of them together. A-12 is the predecessor of SR-17 – the favorite plane of both of them. ‘A’ also means Archangel, my favorite song”. However, local law does not allow names with special characters, so in the end, the boy was unanimously called X AE A-XII Musk.