Vivian Jenna Wilson is a model and social media personality, but she is also Elon Musk's Transgender estranged daughter. She has been admired online for some time now for speaking up against her father, Elon Musk, advocating for trans youth, and more. So what has her life been like with her billionaire father?-- Violet regilio, 7th grade
Vivian Jenna Wilson is a model and social media personality, but she is also Elon Musk's Transgender estranged daughter. She has been admired online for some time now for speaking up against her father, Elon Musk, advocating for trans youth, and more. So what has her life been like with her billionaire father?
Vivian Jenna Wilson was definitely born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but she wasn’t quite a nepo baby. Wilson cut off ties with her father in 2020 because of how unsupportive and cold he was as a father, especially because of her being transgender. With that alienation, Wilson didn’t just end the relationship but also began her financial independence.
Recently Wilson has been going viral for refuting her father, Elon Musk's, anti-trans statements in interviews after he spoke very poorly about her and made comments on her transition. At first Wilson wasn’t very known to the public but a Teen Vogue article says that in 2022 Wilson started a petition to change her name because she did not want to be associated with Musk. “At the time, she was trying to disconnect herself from Musk, eventually writing in a 2022 petition to legally change her name that she doesn’t ‘wish to be related to [her] biological father in any way, shape or form.’ Though she’d never publicly spoken about Musk before then, her attempt to distance herself from him is what ultimately drew her into the public eye.”
After she successfully changed her name from Xavier Alexander Musk to Vivian Jenna Wilson she started her journey to become a model in May 2025.
But Musk and Wilson have always had a rough relationship, like when Musk claimed he was tricked into giving Wilson parent consent for her treatment, although according to Wilson she got his permission.
Since then “Musk has become obsessed with transgender issues; referring to his daughter's transition, he called her medical treatment a “sterilization." says a Lemonade article.
In response to Musk commenting that he was “tricked” Wilson said in an interview “‘I think he was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,’ Wilson said in a phone interview. ‘Which I’m not going to do, because if you’re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I’m not just gonna let that slide.’”
Wilson first publicly spoke about her father mid 2024 with NBC News where she talked about her childhood with Musk. She said that Musk was usually absent, but when he was at home, he was cruel to her for “acting feminine.”
Wilson officially and publicly cut off ties with Elon Musk after her name change in June 2022, which made her very popular and more famous.
Now, in 2026 Wilson has done many modeling jobs for brands like Gucci, and Alexis Bittar, which has boosted her modeling career, while she still speaks publicly about her estrangement.
Vivian Jenna Wilson was definitely born with a silver spoon in her mouth, but she wasn’t quite a nepo baby. Wilson cut off ties with her father in 2020 because of how unsupportive and cold he was as a father, especially because of her being transgender. With that alienation, Wilson didn’t just end the relationship but also began her financial independence.
Recently Wilson has been going viral for refuting her father, Elon Musk's, anti-trans statements in interviews after he spoke very poorly about her and made comments on her transition. At first Wilson wasn’t very known to the public but a Teen Vogue article says that in 2022 Wilson started a petition to change her name because she did not want to be associated with Musk. “At the time, she was trying to disconnect herself from Musk, eventually writing in a 2022 petition to legally change her name that she doesn’t ‘wish to be related to [her] biological father in any way, shape or form.’ Though she’d never publicly spoken about Musk before then, her attempt to distance herself from him is what ultimately drew her into the public eye.”
After she successfully changed her name from Xavier Alexander Musk to Vivian Jenna Wilson she started her journey to become a model in May 2025.
But Musk and Wilson have always had a rough relationship, like when Musk claimed he was tricked into giving Wilson parent consent for her treatment, although according to Wilson she got his permission.
Since then “Musk has become obsessed with transgender issues; referring to his daughter's transition, he called her medical treatment a “sterilization." says a Lemonade article.
In response to Musk commenting that he was “tricked” Wilson said in an interview “‘I think he was under the assumption that I wasn’t going to say anything and I would just let this go unchallenged,’ Wilson said in a phone interview. ‘Which I’m not going to do, because if you’re going to lie about me, like, blatantly to an audience of millions, I’m not just gonna let that slide.’”
Wilson first publicly spoke about her father mid 2024 with NBC News where she talked about her childhood with Musk. She said that Musk was usually absent, but when he was at home, he was cruel to her for “acting feminine.”
Wilson officially and publicly cut off ties with Elon Musk after her name change in June 2022, which made her very popular and more famous.
Now, in 2026 Wilson has done many modeling jobs for brands like Gucci, and Alexis Bittar, which has boosted her modeling career, while she still speaks publicly about her estrangement.
