Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently met Elon Musk during his US visit, accompanied by his partner Shivon Zilis and their three children. The meeting took place at Blair House in Washington. Shivon Zilis, a key figure in Musk’s brain-chip company Neuralink, has maintained a low profile despite her influential role. This is only the second time in six months that she has appeared in public with Musk. So, who exactly is Shivon Zilis? 39-year-old Zilis is originally from Canada, her mother Sharda is from India and father Richard is from Canada. She received her degree from Yale University. Zilis is currently the director of operations and special projects at Neuralink. Prior to that, she worked as a project director at Tesla from 2017 to 2019. She has also served as an advisor to Sam Altman’s OpenAI and was a founding member of Bloomberg Beta’s investment team, where she led several investments. Her career achievements earned her recognition, with her being included in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of venture capitalists in 2015 and LinkedIn’s 35 Under 35 list. Zilis and Musk reportedly welcomed twins, Azure and Strider, in 2021, and a third child in 2024. Although the couple has never publicly acknowledged their relationship, reports suggest that Zilis lives at Musk’s Texas compound, where his 11 children live.
Shivon Zilis made headlines in 2023 when she accompanied Musk to a function at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, where she mostly stayed in the background while Musk posed with his daughter Azure.
During the meeting with PM Modi, Musk and the Prime Minister discussed topics such as space exploration, innovation, and artificial intelligence. They also explored ways to strengthen cooperation between the US and India in emerging technologies and entrepreneurship. After the meeting, Modi gifted books by Rabindranath Tagore, RK Narayan and Vishnu Sharma to Musk’s children, which were later seen being read by the children in photos shared by Modi on Twitter.
This meeting between Modi and Musk comes after several previous meetings, including a visit to Tesla’s San Jose facility in 2015, when Modi was given a personal tour by the tech mogul.
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