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Shivon Zilis

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Shivon Zilis
Born
Shivon Alice Zilis[1]

(1986-02-08) 8 February 1986 (age 38)
Markham, Ontario, Canada
EducationYale University (BA)
Children3

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, a Punjabi Indian, and Richard.[2] Zilis graduated from Markham's Unionville High School.[3] 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.[4]

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.[3] 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".[5]

In 2015, Zilis was listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of venture capitalists.[6]

From 2017 to 2019, she served as a project director for Tesla, Inc.'s Autopilot product and chip design team.[7]

She was named among LinkedIn's 35 Under 35.[8]

Zilis serves as director of operations and special projects at Neuralink. Zilis met Musk through her non-profit work at OpenAI, of which she was a board member until 2023.[9][10]

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).[11][12][13] She stated in 2020 that Musk is the person she admires most.[7] According to court documents to register the twins' names, Musk and Zilis listed the same address in Austin.[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marcus, Josh (6 July 2022). "Elon Musk secretly fathered twins with Neuralink executive Shivon Zilis: report". Finance.yahoo.com – via The Independent.
  2. ^ Sathian, Sanjena (29 May 2015). "Shivon Zilis, nerd-athlete investor". USA Today – via OZY.
  3. ^ a b Tedesco, Theresa (11 February 2015). "Hockey skills helped Canadian stickhandle on to Forbes Top 30 young investors list". Financial Post.
  4. ^ "Yale goalie earns honour for academic skills". YorkRegion.com. 19 March 2008.
  5. ^ "The Current State of Machine Intelligence". Bloomberg. 11 December 2014.
  6. ^ "2015 30 Under 30: Venture Capital". Forbes. 5 January 2015.
  7. ^ a b Safronova, Valeriya (7 July 2022). "How Many Children Does Elon Musk Have?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  8. ^ Paul, Kari (6 July 2022). "Elon Musk fathered twins with one of his executives last year – report". The Guardian.
  9. ^ Peterson, Becky (23 March 2023). "Shivon Zilis, Musk Associate, Leaves OpenAI Board". The Information.
  10. ^ Loizos, Connie (6 July 2022). "Things get messy for Elon Musk with report about new twins he shares with Neuralink exec". TechCrunch.
  11. ^ "Elon Musk and Neuralink exec had twins via IVF, no romance: Report". Business Insider.
  12. ^ Lerman, Rachel. "Shivon Zilis, who reportedly had twins with Elon Musk, is an AI expert". The Washington Post.
  13. ^ Isaacson, Walter (2023). Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson. Simon & Schuster. p. 414. ISBN 978-1-76142-261-4.
  14. ^ 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.
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