&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "‘I have four children with her’: Elon Musk cites half-Indian partner while denying racism claims")
Elon Musk has rejected allegations that he is racist, pointing to his half-Indian partner Shivon Zilis, their four children and the diversity of senior executives working across his companies.
During an interview with The Economist, the Tesla and SpaceX chief was confronted directly with the criticism: “People say that you’re a racist.” Musk responded by bringing up his family. “My partner is half-Indian. I have four children with her; one of them was named after a famous Indian physicist,” he said. “So I would say I’m not racist,” Musk added.
Who is Elon Musk’s half-Indian partner?
Musk was referring to Shivon Zilis, a Canadian-born technology executive with Indian heritage.
Zilis joined Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink in 2017 and has served in a senior role at the company. The couple have four children together. One of their sons carries the middle name Sekhar, in honour of Indian-American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Chandrasekhar won the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics for his groundbreaking work on the structure and evolution of stars.
Musk points to diversity at his companies
Musk also cited the workforce across his businesses while rejecting the racism allegations. “If you look at people that are employed at my companies, we have senior executives of all races,” Musk said. “I don’t think there is any racism there.” The billionaire was also questioned about whether he was anti-Muslim. Musk rejected that characterisation, saying his objection was to people entering a country with views or behaviour that conflict with its laws and accepted norms.
Musk says he ‘got carried away’ with DOGE
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The wide-ranging interview also turned to Musk’s involvement with the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Musk admitted he would approach that period differently if given another chance. “I got carried away, frankly,” he said, adding: “I think instead of doing DOGE, I would have basically worked on my companies.” His latest comments come as Musk continues to face scrutiny over his political interventions and statements on race, immigration and culture. The billionaire has also recently drawn controversy over Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, criticising the casting of Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy. But when confronted directly over allegations of racism, Musk’s response was clear: he rejected the label and pointed to both his multicultural family and the leadership of his companies.
