Shivon Zilis
Shivon Zilis | |
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| Born | Shivon Alice Zilis[1] 8 February 1986 Markham, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
| Children | 3 |
Shivon Alice Zilis (born 8 February 1986) is a Canadian technology executive and venture capitalist.
Early life and education
[edit]Shivon Alice Zilis was born in Markham, Ontario, Canada on 8 February 1986 to Sharda N., a Punjabi Indian, and Richard Zilis, a Canadian.[2][3][4] Zilis graduated from Markham's Unionville High School.[5] She attended Yale University, graduating in 2008 with degrees in economics and philosophy. She played on Yale's ice hockey team as a goaltender, and is the school's all-time leader in goals-against average.[6]
Career
[edit]After graduating from Yale, Zilis started her career at IBM in New York, working in financial technologies in developing countries, especially Peru and Indonesia.[5] From 2012 to 2018, she was one of the founding investors and partner of Bloomberg Beta, funded by Bloomberg L.P., utilizing what she calls "machine intelligence".[7]
In 2015, Zilis was listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of venture capitalists.[8]
From 2017 to 2019, she served as a project director for Tesla, Inc.'s Autopilot product and chip design team.[9]
She was named among LinkedIn's 35 Under 35.[10]
Zilis served as director of operations and special projects at Neuralink. Zilis met Elon Musk through her non-profit work at OpenAI, of which she was a board member until 2023.[11][12]
Personal life
[edit]In July 2022, court documents in Travis County, Texas, revealed that Zilis and Elon Musk had twin children in November 2021. The twins were born via in vitro fertilization (IVF).[13][14][15] According to court documents to register the twins' names, Musk and Zilis listed the same address in Austin.[16] In June 2024, it was reported that she had a third child with Musk.[17][18]
References
[edit]- ^ Marcus, Josh (6 July 2022). "Elon Musk secretly fathered twins with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis: report". Finance.yahoo.com – via The Independent.
- ^ Sathian, Sanjena (29 May 2015). "Shivon Zilis, nerd-athlete investor". USA Today – via OZY.
- ^ "Get to Know Shivon Zilis Family: Father, Mother, Siblings!". 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Shivon Zilis' age, parents, husband, kids, net worth". 21 January 2024.
- ^ a b Tedesco, Theresa (11 February 2015). "Hockey skills helped Canadian stickhandle on to Forbes Top 30 young investors list". Financial Post.
- ^ "Yale goalie earns honour for academic skills". YorkRegion.com. 19 March 2008.
- ^ "The Current State of Machine Intelligence". Bloomberg. 11 December 2014.
- ^ "2015 30 Under 30: Venture Capital". Forbes. 5 January 2015.
- ^ Safronova, Valeriya (7 July 2022). "How Many Children Does Elon Musk Have?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Paul, Kari (6 July 2022). "Elon Musk fathered twins with one of his executives last year – report". The Guardian.
- ^ Peterson, Becky (23 March 2023). "Shivon Zilis, Musk Associate, Leaves OpenAI Board". The Information.
- ^ Loizos, Connie (6 July 2022). "Things get messy for Elon Musk with report about new twins he shares with Neuralink exec". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Elon Musk and Neuralink exec had twins via IVF, no romance: Report". Business Insider.
- ^ Lerman, Rachel. "Shivon Zilis, who reportedly had twins with Elon Musk, is an AI expert". The Washington Post.
- ^ Isaacson, Walter (2023). Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-76142-261-4.
- ^ Black, Julia (6 July 2022). "Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Roth, Emma (21 June 2024). "Elon Musk has another secret child with exec at his brain implant company". The Verge. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Elon Musk Quietly Welcomed Baby No. 12, His Third with Neuralink Corp.'s Shivon Zilis, Earlier This Year". People.com.
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