Multi-billionaire Elon Musk is officially single: Judge grants technology mogul his SECOND divorce from British actress wife

  • Elon Musk and Talulah Riley are officially divorced for the second time
  • The pair were granted a dissolution of marriage in California on Thursday
  • They were married between 2010 and 2012 and again from 2013 to 2016
  • Musk is worth an estimated $11.2billion and owns Tesla and SpaceX
  • He reached an undisclosed settlement with his now estranged wife  

Elon Musk and Talulah Riley (above in 2014) are officially divorced for the second time 

Elon Musk is officially single after being granted his second divorce from Talulah Riley. 

The 45-year-old technology mogul and 31-year-old British actress were given their request on Thursday after submitting paperwork for the divorce earlier this year. 

It is their second split: they were married for two years before divorcing in 2012.  

They remarried in 2013 and were together for a year before Musk, the founder of Tesla and Space Exploration Corp., filed divorce papers. 

He retracted them six months later but Riley refiled in March, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split.

There was no mention of a prenuptial agreement in their most recent parting, with the pair reaching a settlement out of court, TMZ reported. 

Reports of their previous turmoil gave $16million as the figure Riley would walk away with.

Court documents released in March showed she was asking for spousal support and legal fees. 

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The couple (above in 2015) were first married in 2010 but split two years later. They remarried in 2013 and were together for a year before Musk filed submitted divorce papers which he later retracted. Riley filed them again in March this year

Their parting was made simpler by the fact they have no children together. 

Musk is the CEO and founder of Tesla and Space Exploration Corp, both of which have skyrocketed in value in recent years. 

He is worth an estimated $11.2billion. The finalization of his divorce came on Thursday as he made strides in acquiring solar panel company SolarCity Corp.

Musk won the approval of shareholders at Tesla to push ahead with the $2billion deal after telling them their 'faith will be rewarded'. 

His other venture, Space X, is also winning him acclaim in the business world. 

Musk is worth an estimated $11.2billion. He reached an undisclosed settlement with his now estranged wife (right last year)

Riley (above with Sean Parker, center, and Musk, left, art Hugh Hefner's 2015 Halloween party) said she would not rule out marrying the entrepreneur a third time

Earlier this week he filed an application to submit 4,000 satellites into orbit. 

The project will bring personal and business customers internet, the company said in its application. 

'The system is designed to provide a wide range of broadband and communications services for residential, commercial, institutional, governmental and professional users worldwide,' SpaceX wrote in its application.

Riley, who has appeared in films including St Trinians and television show Nearly Famous and Westworld, previously refused to rule out a third marriage with the billionaire.

Riley previously described the pair as 'best friends' and thought their marriage would work 

It is not known how  much money Riley was granted in the divorce settlement. Previous reports of a prenuptial agreement between the two suggested it could be as much as $16million 

'I mean, never say never. Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it,' she told the Mail on Sunday's You magazine. 

In a separate interview with The Times, she described the South African businessman as her 'best friend'. 

'We really are best friends. I'll always love him, I'll always be there for him,' she said.

Musk was briefly linked to Amber Heard after being spotted partying with her in London in August. 

The pair were seen at the trendy nightspot The Box as Heard recuperated in the UK after breaking up with Johnny Depp in a highly publicized split which involved accusations of domestic violence and substance abuse.  

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