--- description: The Tesla CEO has said goodbye to actor wife for the second time title: Elon Musk Divorces His Wife Talulah Riley Again image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7df138dee983745/698777de55a8591eb6a850c7/musk-riley.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Elon Musk Divorces His Wife Again by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2015 12:51 PM CUT  Talulah Riley (L) and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California. Talulah Riley (L) and CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk attend the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter on March 2, 2014 in West Hollywood, California.Anthony Harvey—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 2, 2015 12:51 PM CUT Less than 18 months after his second wedding to actress Talulah Riley, Elon Musk has once again parted ways with his wife. The PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors founder filed for divorce on New Year’s Eve in Los Angeles. The couple has reportedly reached an amicable settlement of $16 million in cash and other assets for Riley. Musk and Riley previously divorced after four years in Jan. 2012, then remarried the next year. They have never had children together, though Musk has five sons from a previous marriage. Maybe the third time will be the charm. \[[_AP_](http://www.people.com/article/elon-musk-talulah-riley-divorce-split-again "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3651941/elon-musk-divorced-again/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3651941/elon-musk-divorced-again/"},"headline":"Elon Musk Divorces His Wife Again","datePublished":"2015-01-02T12:51:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:13:52.820Z","description":"The Tesla CEO has said goodbye to Talulah Riley for the second time","url":"https://time.com/3651941/elon-musk-divorced-again/","keywords":["celebrities","Elon Musk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7df138dee983745/698777de55a8591eb6a850c7/musk-riley.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7df138dee983745/698777de55a8591eb6a850c7/musk-riley.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","caption":"2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","creditText":"Anthony Harvey—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3651941/elon-musk-divorced-again/","name":"Elon Musk Divorces His Wife Again"}}]}] ```