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Born (2004-04-15) April 15, 2004 (age 21)
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Vivian Jenna Wilson[1] (born April 15, 2004) is an American social media personality and member of the Musk family. The eldest daughter of Elon and Justine Musk, Wilson came out as a transgender woman in 2020, and was featured in Teen Vogue in 2025. As of March 2025, she is studying in Tokyo.

Early life and gender identity

Wilson was conceived by Justine Musk via in vitro fertilization and born in 2004 as a twin.[2] According to Wilson, her father used sex-selective IVF to ensure she would be a boy.[3] Wilson has four full siblings: a twin brother, Griffin, and three younger brothers who are triplets; Kai, Saxon, and Damian.[4]

She describes Musk as largely absent as she grew up and, when he was around, he could be "cruel" and allegedly harassed her for displaying "femininity and queerness".[5][6] According to Wilson, Musk was "cold", "quick to anger", "uncaring", and "narcissistic".[1] Musk, separately, shared anecdotes of her as a child singing along to show tunes and choosing outfits for him at age 4, describing her father's clothes as "fabulous". Wilson alleges that these were lies meant to characterize her as a camp gay man.[7][8] Justine and Elon Musk divorced in 2008, and agreed to share custody of Wilson and her other siblings.[9] She attended the Crossroads School in Santa Monica.[10][11]

Coming out

Wilson came out as transgender via a publicly posted Instagram story. In an interview with Teen Vogue in 2025, she expressed regret for not telling her mother first. Reportedly, her mother was very supportive of her transition and was not surprised when Wilson came out. Her father was not as supportive, and according to Wilson, she had not spoken to him in months, but required his permission for her to begin testosterone blockers and hormone therapy.[12]

Wilson began her treatment for gender dysphoria in 2020, which she states her father did not initially support.[1] However, she was already distancing herself from him at this time.[12] In June 2022, at the age of 18, a California judge approved her request to change her legal name (taking her mother's maiden name[13]) and gender on her birth certificate[13][1] after she applied in the Los Angeles County Superior Court.[14] In the petition for the changes, Wilson stated she no longer wished to be related to Musk "in any way, shape, or form".[15][14]

In October 2022, Musk blamed his estranged relationship with Wilson on "neo-Marxist" influences due to the elite university she attended.[16] In a July 2024 interview conducted by Jordan Peterson, Musk spoke negatively of Wilson's transition and deadnamed her. He said he was "tricked" into granting her request for gender-affirming treatment, as California law required his permission since Wilson was under 18 at the time. Musk ultimately described her as having been "killed by the woke mind virus" in conjunction with her transition.[5][1] Musk has said that Wilson's gender transition is primarily what sparked his drive to "destroy the woke mind virus".[17][18] Walter Isaacson's biography of Musk argued that some of his far-right views were "partially triggered" by Wilson's gender transition.[19][20] Wilson disputes this account and has described it as "a convenient narrative".[21]

Public image

Wilson is standing in a dimly lit street in Tokyo, wearing dark clothing and with her hair down covering her face and torso. The photo overall has an omninous feeling.
Wilson is known for her "extremely online" personality.

Teen Vogue described Wilson as "extremely online", and "really good at it": she is outspoken about transgender issues, which she has noted she feels "obligated to talk about", and has described the state of American politics in 2025 as "terrifying".[12] Wilson has spoken at length about her political views, describing herself as a leftist while rejecting characterization as a Marxist. She has expressed support for universal basic income, free healthcare, reducing wealth inequality, and food, water, and shelter as human rights.[12][1] When asked if her upbringing influenced her politics, she said "Seeing that kind of wealth – extravagant wealth – firsthand, while living in Los Angeles and seeing the [huge] homelessness problem, the wealth gap ... You start to wonder, how is this fair?"[12]

Wilson has been vocally critical of Musk's actions and supportive of transgender rights.[22][23] Following the result of the 2024 United States presidential election, Wilson voiced her intention to emigrate from the United States in the future,[24] and after Musk's controversial gesture at Donald Trump's inauguration that has been described as a Nazi salute, she proclaimed "let's call a spade a fucking spade".[25][26][27] In 2025, Wilson was featured on the cover of Teen Vogue.[12][28]

Criticism of Walter Isaacson's Musk biography

Wilson has criticized the biography Elon Musk by Isaacson as inaccurate and unfair to her. Her portrayal has been described as that of "an angry, rebellious child, blinded by radical anticapitalist ideology and hurting her father with her rash decisions".[12] The book also notably referred to her as "Jenna". Isaacson sourced his claims to Christiana Musk, the wife of Elon Musk's brother Kimbal Musk, but never contacted Wilson before printing the claims. Isaacson claims to have reached out to her through family members.[1] Disputing this particular claim, Wilson described the book as "genuinely defamatory", saying that it deliberately avoided including any testimony by her to frame her existence as "a villain-origin backstory" for her father's rightward political shift.[29][30] Wilson alleged that that "[Isaacson] had an agenda when writing his book, which was to make Elon look good, or look more complex than he is. In order to do that, he needed to villainize the trans teenager and make it seem like there were two reasonable sides to the story".[12]

Personal life

Wilson lives and studies in Tokyo. She and her mother are on good terms.[12] She has described her father as "a pathetic man-child", and has been financially independent from him since she first came out as trans in 2020. Prior to achieving prominence, Wilson had hoped to work as a translator, and had been studying French, Spanish, and Japanese to that end. Since then, however, she has considered other possibilities, including Twitch streaming and modeling.[12][31]

Musk's former partner Grimes has defended Wilson, supported her transition, and has stated she is proud of Wilson for speaking out.[32][33]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Musk, Justine (June 1, 2017). Visionaries are People Who Can See In The Dark. TEDx. Event occurs at 00:23. Archived from the original on November 15, 2019 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Factora, James (March 10, 2025). "Vivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk's Estranged Trans Daughter, Says Her Assigned Sex at Birth Was "Bought and Paid For"". Them. Archived from the original on March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 22, 2025.
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