Billionaire Elon Musk and Ex Grimes Are ‘Hunting for Bel-Air Mansion’ Where They Can Live With All His Kids and Their Mothers

Billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk and his former partner, Grimes, are reportedly on the hunt for a mansion in Los Angeles’ Bel-Air neighborhood, where they can live with all 11 of his children, as well as their three mothers.

Just days after it was claimed that Musk has bought a $35 million “compound” in Austin, TX, People has now reported that the businessman and his musician ex—who share three children—have been viewing a number of properties in Los Angeles, with the aim of finding a property that they can “share” with his entire brood.

An unnamed insider told the outlet that the ex couple, who are not currently thought to be in a relationship, “went house hunting” in the upscale neighborhood, adding that Grimes, 36, also looked at a property in Upper Bel-Air.

Realtor.com® has contacted Musk’s spokesperson for comment.

The move suggests that relations between the duo have vastly improved since last year, when they became embroiled in a bitter custody battle over their three kids, X Æ A-Xii, 4, who is known as “X;” Exa Dark Sideræl, 3, who is known as “Y;” and Techno Mechanicus, who was secretly born in 2022 and goes by “Tau.”

Details of the status of the case are unknown because the court records pertaining to it were sealed.

Interestingly, the report comes just days after the New York Times reported that Musk, 53, had purchased a trio of mansions in Austin, with a view of having his “children and two of their three mothers occupying adjoining properties.”

It’s unclear whether his plans for this compound have changed in recent days, or whether he is hoping to create similar setups in Texas and California.

Musk, who is worth around $270 billion, according to Forbes, has made no secret of his concerns about decreasing birth rates in the U.S., claiming in a July 2022 post shared on X (which he owns) that “a collapsing birth rate is the biggest danger civilization faces by far.”

He appears to have been on something of a personal mission to prevent that so-called crisis by fathering as many children as possible—welcoming 12 children since 2002. His firstborn baby died of sudden infant death syndrome at just 10 weeks old.

The Times claimed Musk has “told people close to him in recent months” that he believes building a compound for his family will allow his younger children to “be a part of one another’s lives,” while enabling the SpaceX founder to “schedule time among them.”

Although Musk’s alleged Austin property purchases have remained shrouded in secrecy, the Times claims that he owns a 14,400-square-foot, Tuscan-style villa in the city, adding that he also “helped purchase” a six-bedroom property directly behind it.

The total cost of those properties, the outlet states, was “about $35 million.”

Extra security has reportedly been spotted outside the property whenever Musk is rumored to be in town.

In addition, he is also understood to spend at least some of his time in Austin—where Tesla is based—at another mansion that is a 10-minute walk from his budding compound.

Currently, only one of the three women with whom Musk is known to have fathered children is living in the Texas homes—Shivon Zilis, who is an executive at another one of his companies, Neuralink.