From the early 2000s until late 2020, Musk resided in California, where both Tesla and SpaceX were founded.
In 2020, he moved to Texas, saying that California had become "complacent" about its economic success.
While hosting Saturday Night Live in May 2021, Musk said that he has Asperger syndrome
Musk met his first wife, Canadian Justine Wilson, while attending Queen's University in Ontario, Canada; and they married in 2000.
In 2002, their first child died of sudden infant death syndrome at the age of 10 weeks.
After his death, the couple decided to use IVF to continue their family.
They had twins in 2004 followed by triplets in 2006.
The couple divorced in 2008 and shared custody of their children.
In 2022, one of the twins officially changed her name to reflect her gender identity, and to use Wilson as her last name because she no longer wished to be associated with Musk.
In an October 2022 interview with FT.com, Musk blamed the estrangement of his daughter on what the Financial Times characterized as "the supposed takeover of elite schools and universities by neo-Marxists