Xavier, who recently turned 18, the age of consent in California, also asked the court to change his gender recognition from male to female.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Xavier Alexander, one of the children of the World’s richest man, Elon Musk, has filed for a name change suit at an LA County superior court in California.
With a net worth of $219 billion, Elon Musk’s wealth by comparison is half of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Musk owns the electric car manufacturing firm, Tesla. He is also the owner of SpaceX, the spaceflight company that sends satellites and people to space. He also runs Starlink, the internet provider company that uses satellites to connect users to the internet. By July, he is expected to take over ownership of microblogging App, Twitter, in a $44 billion (N22 trillion) deal.
Musk has seven children with Justine Wilson, his first wife, to whom he was married from 2000 to 2008.
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Among the children are Xavier and his twin Griffin and triplet sons: Kai, Saxon, and Damian.
In April, Xavier filed to change gender and be known henceforth as Vivian Jenna Wilson.
According to Reuters, the petition for both a name change and a new birth certificate reflecting his new gender identity was filed with the LA county superior court in Santa Monica.
The hearing on the name change is set for Friday before a judge in Santa Monica, California.
Xavier, who recently turned 18, the age of consent in California, asked the court to change his gender recognition from male to female.
He further sought to register the female name.
“I no longer live with or wish to be related to my biological father in any way, shape or form,” he was quoted as saying.
Xavier’s mother had divorced Musk in 2008.
There was no further explanation of the rift between Xavier and his father.
