His lawyer must have been smart, because AOC says he is dumb. Believe all women!
/sarc
Posted on 03/31/2026 10:48:41 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
Yes, Elon Musk's first wife, Justine Musk (née Wilson), demanded equity stakes in his companies during their contentious 2008–2010 divorce proceedings, including 10% of his Tesla shares and 5% of his SpaceX shares.Reuters
Contemporary reporting from 2010 confirms this. A Reuters article from May 2010 stated that Justine wanted "10 percent of her husband's stake in the carmaker [Tesla]" along with "5 percent of his stake in space exploration company, SpaceX," plus alimony/child support, $6 million, and a Tesla Roadster. Similar details appeared in other outlets at the time, noting her push to rescind a post-nuptial agreement that limited her claims on community property (beyond their house).Reuters +1
Later accounts, including a 2025 Forbes article, align with this: Justine sought the family home, child support, $6 million in cash, a glacier-blue Tesla Roadster, 10% of Elon's Tesla shares, and 5% of his SpaceX shares. Elon reportedly countered with a cash settlement offer equivalent to about $80 million pre-tax (which she declined, preferring equity in the then-young companies Tesla and SpaceX). The court ultimately upheld the post-nup, and she received significantly less—no equity stakes in either company. Had she gotten the full requested package, Forbes estimated she could be worth around $17 billion today.Forbes
Justine herself detailed the broader divorce in her 2010 Marie Claire essay "I Was a Starter Wife," focusing on the marriage dynamics, the post-nup she signed early on, and the legal fight, but she didn't frame the equity demands as the central story there. Elon, in a 2010 Business Insider post, described offering more than double the post-nup amount and noted her insistence on ownership in Tesla and SpaceX.Businessinsider
In short, while the query mentions "5% of Tesla," the documented demand was actually 10% of Tesla (plus the 5% SpaceX). The 5% figure for Tesla doesn't appear in primary sources from the time or reliable retellings—it's likely a mix-up with the SpaceX portion. The divorce was messy, involved attempts to void the post-nup on fiduciary grounds, and ended with Justine receiving cash/assets (roughly $20 million post-tax equivalent, including the house and support) but no company equity. Tesla went public in 2010 amid the proceedings, adding to the stakes.
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Musk and Tiger Woods should have studied the Derek Jeter model. Raise hell while you’re single. Then if you just have too. Get married and settle down. I’d just like to have 5 shares of SpaceX when it goes public.
Musk never went to Epstein Island.
What in the hell did she do to deserve 5% of Tesla?
Married Musk.
Had 5 kids with him.
And that saved him 20 billion.
Elon should think long and hard before ever getting married.
“Elon should think long and hard before ever getting married.”
Yes , and then decide to not get married !
There is also legal precedent (in some States) for romantic partners and dissolution of the partnerships - palimony.
And you wonder why “Men Going Their Own Way” is happening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XPjr3qjJ-w
One more reason for men to stay single. Get a dog if you want true love.
One word. Female.
I worked with Microsoft orders while I was at Intel.
Gates is NOT the sharpest knife it the set.
I used to think Intel was inflexible regarding customers but MS is 10k worse.
Which explains the products they deliver.
The divorce was messy, involved attempts to void the post-nup.
Going for it all trip meter blinks.
His lawyer must have been smart, because AOC says he is dumb. Believe all women!
/sarc
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