Subjects / Family
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“I assume you’re referring to my son, Xavier, who has a tragic mental illness caused by the evil woke mind virus you push on vulnerable children. I love Xavier very much and hope he recovers. My daughters are Azure, Exa (she goes by Y) and Arcadia, and they do indeed love me very much.”
— Elon Musk, 12 December 2025 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“I am pathologically optimistic with time. Have been ever since I was a kid. My brother @kimbal would tell me an earlier time for the bus schedule from school so that I would actually be there on time lol.”
— Elon Musk, 4 May 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Too many men are tepid about having kids. All the hedonistic sex in the world is nothing compared to the fulfillment of having children.”
— Elon Musk, 24 March 2024 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“I grew up in a lower, transitioning to upper, middle income situation, but did not have a happy childhood. Haven’t inherited anything ever from anyone, nor has anyone given me a large financial gift. My father created a small electrical/mechanical engineering company that was successful for 20 to 30 years, but it fell on hard times. He has been essentially bankrupt for about 25 years, requiring financial support from my brother and me. That said, he does deserve credit for teaching me the fundamentals of physics, engineering and construction, which is more valuable than money, but did not support me financially after high school in any meaningful way. Our condition of providing him financial support was that he not engage in bad behavior. Unfortunately, he nonetheless did. There are young children involved, so we continued to provide financial support for their well-being. Regarding the so-called “emerald mine”, there is no objective evidence whatsoever that this mine ever existed. He told me that he owned a share in a mine in Zambia, and I believed him for a while, but nobody has ever seen the mine, nor are there any records of its existence. If this mine was real, he would not require financial support from my brother and me.”
— Elon Musk, 6 May 2023 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat. I have no mercy for anyone who would use the deaths of children for gain, politics or fame.”
— Elon Musk, 21 November 2022 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“2/2 My father & his extended family have been dependent on financial support from my brother & me for over 20 years. This article is actually accurate:”
— Elon Musk, 25 March 2021 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“Crazy, that was over 22 years ago. Thanks for believing in us!”
— Elon Musk, 20 June 2018 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“More background: I arrived in North America at 17 w $2000, a backpack & a suitcase full of books. Paid my own way thru college. Dropped out of Stanford Eng/Phys grad school w $110k in college debt. Created Internet startup w bro & Greg Khouri (love bro & loved Greg, may he RIP)”
— Elon Musk, 9 June 2018 · Post on X ↗ · In the archive
“When my brother and I were starting our first company, instead of getting an apartment, we just rented a small office and we slept on the couch… We showered at the YMCA and we were so hard-up that we only had one computer… The website was up during the day and I was coding it at night, seven days a week, all the time.”
— Elon Musk, May 2014 · Watch: USC video (~1:52) ↗ · In the archive