Musk secretly had twins with a Neuralink executive a month before he had a daughter through a surrogate, according to court documents. Prior to Neuralink, Zilis worked with Musk.

Musk has nine children with three women and two sets of twins. The first child to die at 10 weeks was his tenth. He replied to a person asking why people shouldn't have kids for financial reasons by saying that kids are worth it. He said that the Musk Foundation would donate directly to families next month. He hoped that you have big families and that you already have one.

The U.S. birth rate has been below sustainable levels for 50 years according to Musk. In response to the breaking news about the previously undisclosed twins, Musk stated that he was doing his best to help the underpopulation crisis.

TV host and father of 8 Nick Cannon was one of the supporters. My brother and I are right there together. Some people think his comments are controversial. Immigration and longer life spans have aided in the growth of the U.S. population.

Some people are not happy with how he parents are. His negligent parenting is shameful. Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld is a dean for leadership studies at the Yale School of Management. It is ironic that GOP Musk supporters celebrate his model of American moral character with such disdainful family values.

In May, Musk said that he was rare among rich people in having so many children. The richer a person is, the less kids they have. I am one of the rare exceptions. He said on May 24 that most people have no kids.

Based on a Forbes analysis of more than 700 U.S. billionaires, he is incorrect. According to Statista, these ultra-rich have more children than average Americans. The average number of children jumps to 3.1 when only billionaires have children.

There are other billionaires with their own baby boom. Steven Spielberg and Steve Cohen are billionaires with seven or more children. The pastor of a church in Texas, who is a Republican, has had all of his children with one partner. The father of 8 has had them with multiple women. Little Caesars Pizza founder Marian Ilitch has seven children, as does America's richest self-made woman Diane Hendricks.

“Being a parent is the most important calling we can have in life. It’s also the most rewarding.”

— Frank VanderSloot

The wealthiest person in the world has 15 children. Frank VanderSloot, founder and CEO of Melaleuca, is the richest person in Idaho and the father of 14. He told Forbes that being a parent is the most important calling. It's the most gratifying.

Additional reporting was done by RashiShrivastava.

Below are nine Americans including Musk with nine or more children.

Frank VanderSloot

14 children

He was raised on a farm in Northern Idaho and converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at a young age. He has eight children from his first marriage and six from his current one. They have been married for a long time.

Farris Wilks

11 children

The oil tycoon and his wife have given money to conservative groups and political action committees. Donald Trump's reelection campaign received donations from them as well.

David Duffield

10 children

Duffield and his wife Cheryl have 10 children, five of whom they have adopted. He gave to the reelection campaign of Donald Trump.

Jerry Moyes

10 children

Swift Transportation was founded in 1966 by his father and son. He and his wife have been married for 30 years and have 10 children. Donald Trump received a donation from an Arizona resident.

Nelson Peltz

10 children

The founder of the investment fund has 10 children between three marriages and is currently married to a model. Brooklyn Beckham, son of British soccer star David Beckham and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, was married to the daughter of a native New Yorker in a lavish three-day ceremony in May. Will Peltz starred in three films. Trump received a donation from Peltz.

Richard Schulze

10 children

The founder of Best Buy and his wife donated $6 million to a cancer center after losing their first spouse to cancer.

Fred Smith

10 children

The founder of FedEx has a large family. Richard is going to become head of FedEx's Express division later this year. Arthur is the head coach of the Falcons. Cannon was the youngest of the 10 and is now COO of H&H Services Group.

Elon Musk

9 children

Musk has a large family. He had six children with a Canadian author. The baby died at 10 weeks. The couple had more than one child. The first child was born in March 2020 and the second in December 2021. Musk had twins with his former colleague at Neuralink.

Scott Smith

9 children

Smith's family moved to Utah around the time he started working at the university. He helped found Qualtrics with his two sons. The company went public in 2021.

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