Elon Musk recently told that his partner and Neuralink officer Shivon Gillis is of Indian origin. Musk also revealed that the middle name of one of his sons is “Shekhar”, which is named in honor of the famous Indian-American scientist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Along with this, Musk also praised the huge contribution of Indian professionals in America and said that Indian talent has benefited America a lot.
Son named after Indian-American scientist
While talking on Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s podcast, Elon Musk told some interesting things about his partner Shivan Gillis.
Musk said, “My partner Shivon is half Indian. He also told that he and Shivon have a son whose middle name is “Shekhar”, which is named after the great Indian-American scientist Subrahmanyan Chandrashekhar. Chandrashekhar received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983.
What is Shivan Jilis’s relation with India?
When asked if Shivone had ever lived in India, Musk said that she has ancestral ties to India, that is, there is an Indian background somewhere in her family, but she herself did not grow up in India. According to Musk, Shivone grew up in Canada. She was adopted in childhood. It is believed that his biological father was once an exchange student at the university. Musk said that he does not know the whole story, so he cannot tell in much detail. Meaning, Shivon Zilis’s roots are from India, but her childhood and life were spent in Canada.
Who is Shivon Jillis?
Elon Musk’s close associate Shivon Jilis has been working in the field of tech and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for many years. She joined Neuralink in 2017 and today is the director of operations and special projects at the company. Shivon Jillis was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. He studied economics and philosophy from Yale University. She was also the goalkeeper of the ice hockey team in college. After studies, he worked at IBM and Bloomberg and managed startup partnerships. After this she joined the venture capital firm Bloomberg Beta.
Got a lot of benefit from the talented people who came from India
In 2016, Jilis’s attention completely turned towards AI. She joined OpenAI and remained the youngest member of OpenAI’s board until her resignation in 2023. Speaking at an event, he said Neuralink was “the most complex but most fascinating project” of his life. Musk and Gilis welcomed twins Strider and Azur in 2021.
They had daughter Arcadia in 2024, and later confirmed the birth of another child, Seldon Lycurgus. Musk has many other children from different partners. In the same program, Elon Musk also praised the talent of Indians in America. He said that America has benefited a lot from the talented people coming from India. This statement has come at a time when due to strict American visa rules, it is becoming difficult for many Indians to fulfill the “American Dream”.
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