Elon Musk has confirmed the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 of his 12th 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 and denied claims he tried to keep the 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦’s arrival ‘secret’.

It’s the 52-year-old’s third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis, with whom he also had twins in November 2021.

Musk, who alongside Neuralink is also the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, is understood to have welcomed his new 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 early this year – but the arrival only became public knowledge over the weekend.

The billionaire denied claims he had tried to keep the 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s arrival under wraps but claimed that issuing a press release about it would have been ‘bizarre’.

Musk, who is known to be concerned over population decline, told PageSix on Sunday night: ‘As for ‘secretly fathered,’ that is also false.

‘All our friends and family know. Failure to issue a press release, which would be bizarre, does not mean ‘secret’.’

The billionaire has welcomed his third 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 with Shivon Zilis, director of his Neuralink company

Musk’s newest 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 is understood to have been 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 earlier this year

The 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦’s name and gender have not yet been publicly revealed, but their arrival was first referenced in a report by Bloomberg published on Friday called ‘Elon Wants You to Have More Babies’.

The article discussed South African-𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 Musk’s keen interest in population rates, with PageSix reporting that he had also sent ‘a link to statistics on fertility rates from the World Bank Group’ alongside commenting on many countries being ‘well below replacement rate’ in terms of babies being 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧.

Social media CEO Musk, who is the owner of X, and Zilis welcomed their twins, Strider and Azure, just one month before the 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 of two-year-old daughter Exa Dark Sideræl, also known as Y, who Musk had with musician Grimes via surrogacy.

Y’s 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 was memorably revealed when the tot began crying upstairs when her mother, real name Claire Elise Boucher, was being interviewed by Vanity Fair.

He also shares three 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren with musician Grimes, pictured together at the 2018 Met Gala Among them are son X Æ A-Xii, also known as X, pictured in 2023 with his dad

He and Grimes, 36, also have son X Æ A-Xii, four, and their youngest son Techno Mechanicus, known as Tau, whose secret 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 was revealed in a biography on Musk published last September.

The couple had dated between 2018 and March 2022, and are thought to have been on friendly terms although it was reported that she allegedly took legal action against him in October in order to ‘establish a parental relationship’.

His older 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren number twins, Griffin and Vivian, 20, and triplets Kai, Saxon and Damian, who were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in 2006.

He shared all five with his ex-wife, Canadian author Justine Wilson, who confirmed they were all conceived via IVF.

This came after the former couple’s eldest son, Nevada Alexander, tragically died at 10 weeks of sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS, in 2002.

After he and Wilson divorced in 2008, Musk went on to marry and divorce (twice) British actress Talulah Riley, 38.

The pair initially tied the knot in 2010 before divorcing in 2012, only to marry again in 2013 after they reconciled.

Musk’s daughter Vivian filed to legally change her name and gender in 2022 at the age of 18, after being 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 ‘Xavier Alexander’.

The then-teenager declared that she no longer wanted to ‘be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form’.