Elon Musk says it’s his obligation to “make new people.” Now, a WSJ investigation suggests he could have fathered greater than the 14 kids already identified, with sources claiming the true quantity could possibly be considerably larger. The report additionally describes how Musk retains these particulars below wraps.

On the heart of all of it, per the report, is longtime fixer Jared Birchall, who runs Musk’s household workplace but in addition handles the logistics of Musk’s rising household, together with by drafting NDAs and serving as a sounding board for the moms of a few of Musk’s kids.

For instance, Musk reportedly requested conservative influencer Ashley St. Clair to signal a restrictive settlement after she gave delivery to their son final fall. The deal: $15 million, plus an extra $100,000 a month till the newborn turned 21 in change for her silence. She refused; now the deal will get worse with each perceived betrayal, she says. (She informed the Journal that Musk’s workforce despatched her simply $20,000 after the outlet reached out to Musk for remark about its article.)

As for Birchall, who can be the CEO of Musk’s brain-implant enterprise Neuralink and a partner at Musk’s AI enterprise xAI, managing Musk’s non-public life may simply be a 3rd full-time job. Per the Journal, in a single two-hour name with St. Clair, Birchall informed her that going the “authorized route” with Musk “at all times, at all times results in a worse final result for that girl than what it could have been in any other case.”