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Shivon Zilis is a Canadian-born venture investor and technology executive. Her career runs through Bloomberg Beta, Tesla, Neuralink and the OpenAI board. No reliable net worth has been published.
Born on 8 February 1986 in Markham, Ontario, Zilis graduated from Yale in 2008 with degrees in economics and philosophy. She also played goaltender for Yale’s ice hockey team and held the school record for goals-against average.
| Period | Role |
|---|---|
| Early career | IBM, working on financial technology in developing countries |
| 2012–2018 | Co-founding investor and partner at Bloomberg Beta |
| 2017–2019 | Project director for Tesla’s Autopilot and chip design |
| Ongoing | Director of operations at Neuralink |
| Until 2023 | OpenAI board member |
| September 2023 | Joined the board of Shield AI |
She was named to Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list for venture capital in 2015.
She is the mother of four children with Elon Musk, according to reference sources, and her role as an adviser in his companies has been discussed in court filings related to his dispute with OpenAI. Relationship details change, so we stick to what has been reported by major outlets.
Executive pay, equity and angel investments are mostly private. Without filings or interviews, outsiders cannot estimate total assets reliably.
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