Global businessman and billionaire Elon Musk is best known for being the CEO and co-founder of electric vehicle company Tesla. He is also the founder of the aerospace engineering company, SpaceX. According to Inc., the South African-born entrepreneur who has created and founded so many companies might be on track to becoming the world’s first trillionaire by 2025. He’s no stranger to public consciousness, as he’s very active on his Twitter account and has made several appearances on some popular podcasts and shows, including Joe Rogan’s podcast a year ago. Nonetheless, Musk is known to troll (a lot) on the social media site.

Which is what many of his followers thought he was doing last year when he announced the birth of his son by also sharing the name of his baby boy. The child’s name is: X Æ A-12 Musk (yes, a real name both mom and dad chose). Musk and Canadian singer Grimes have dated since 2018. In May 2020, the couple welcomed their first child together. The name trended on the site for hours and people tried to decipher if Musk was serious … or not.

While Musk simply shared the name, Grimes went on Twitter to explain the unique etymology of the baby’s name a day later. Musk would explain the pronunciation of his son’s name on the Joe Rogan podcast, which is basically: X Ash Archangel 12. But weeks later they’d made another change to the name, reported Vanity Fair.

Multiple marriages, multiple children

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