Elon Musk’s dating and relationship history: His girlfriends and wives

Elon Musk and Grimes have called it quits after sharing three years and a son together.

The Canadian artist was far from the first star to catch the billionaire’s eye. Check out Elon Musk’s dating history below.

Justine Musk

Justine Musk has previously referred to herself as Elon’s “Starter Wife.”Gett Images

Justine Musk, née Justine Wilson, was Elon’s first wife, marrying the tech leader in 2000. The couple welcomed their first son, Nevada Alexander Musk, in 2002, but lost him to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) at 10 weeks old.

The couple went on to have a set of twins — Griffin and Xavier Musk — in 2004 and a set of triplets —  Kai, Saxon, and Damian Musk — in 2006, a total of five children.

Elon and Justine split in 2008, with Justine telling Marie Claire in 2010 that her ex-husband thought of her as a “starter wife.”

Talulah Riley

Elon Musk began dating Talulah Riley shortly after his first divorce.Getty Images

Actress Talulah Riley got engaged to Musk six weeks after he filed for divorce from Justine, going on to marry the mogul herself in 2010.

The couple hit a rough patch in 2014 when they divorced at Elon’s request for the first time. The pair reconciled and remarried 18 months later only for Riley to file for divorce in 2016.

Amber Heard

Elon began dating actress Amber Heard in late 2016. Getty Images

The SpaceX founder then moved on to Amber Heard, dating the actress in late 2016, shortly after the “Aquaman” star’s divorce from Johnny Depp.

Unfortunately, she and Musk split after just one year due to their intense schedules.

Musk went on to tell Rolling Stone in Nov. 2017 that the split was quite difficult for him, adding he was, “really in love, and it hurt bad.”

Grimes

Elon and Grimes made their red carpet debut at the 2018 Met GalaGetty Images

PageSix exclusively reported that Musk began dating musician Grimes in April of 2018, one month before the couple made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala.

A source told us at the time that they met online through a joke about artificial intelligence that Musk had planned to tweet, but discovered Grimes had already made.

Breakup whispers began by fall 2018, when Musk and Grimes unfollowed each other on Twitter after rapper Azealia Banks posted that she’d been wandering around the billionaire’s Los Angeles compound waiting for Grimes to show up so they could work on music together.

The “Violence” singer didn’t, sending the rapper on a days-long rant in which she called Grimes a “dirty-sneaker-inbred-out of the woods-Pabst beer p—y methhead-junkie,” Musk a “trash ass beta male pig” and claimed the couple wanted to have a threesome with her.

Grimes, however, confirmed that she and the PayPal co-founder were still dating in a March 2019 interview with WSJ. Magazine.

The “Flesh Without Blood” artist announced her pregnancy in Jan. 2020 by posting her baby bump on Instagram.

Grimes and Elon welcomed son, X Æ A-12, May 2020, engaging in a Twitter discussion over the name’s pronunciation while the singer recovered from giving birth.

The couple later changed their son’s name to X Æ A-Xii to comply with California law.

After three years together, the couple has officially split, with Musk confirming via social media that he and the Canadian songstress are “semi-separated” but remain on good terms and continue to co-parent their 1-year-old son.

“We are semi-separated but still love each other, see each other frequently and are on great terms,” Musk told us.