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Elon Musk becomes first trillionaire after SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO
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SpaceX made its public stock market debut Friday on Wall Street, making CEO Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. Musk is already the world’s richest person. But after his company priced its blockbuster initial public offering at $135 a share and started trading publicly, the move boosted the technology mogul’s fortunes from an estimated $813 […]
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Elon Musk Becomes the World's First Trillionaire. Is That Such a Bad Thing?
Growing economies benefit all people, not just the uberwealthy.
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The first trillionaire: SpaceX goes public — and it's not just Elon Musk who's striking it rich
Both Elon Musk and his company SpaceX broke records on Friday, while bringing thousands of uplifting stories along with it.Not only has SpaceX, founded in 2002, finally gone public with a massive opening on the NASDAQ, but with it, everyday employees' lives are changed forever.'... from engineers to Cafeteria workers.'SpaceX's IPO has successfully raised $75 billion, making Musk the world's first trillionaire, officially. Outlets including Reuters have reported that the company — now trading under SPCX — will boost Musk's net worth to more than $1.1 trillion due to his controlling shares.With him will come new millionaires in the thousands. More than 4,000 people will see a huge financial boost from the offering, which has been reported to include even cafeteria workers who have long held on to stock in the company.Musk shared a post on X that stated the IPO will "create 4,400 new Millionaires, from engineers to cafeteria workers. God bless Capitalism."Although the SpaceX owner has already distributed the wealth in that sense, he has made more shares available than is typical of most IPOs; more than 20% of available shares are reserved for retail investors, according to Yahoo.RELATED: Mamdani announces new city office that sounds just like DOGE — and gets nailed with mockery Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty Images SpaceX's successful round of $75 billion more than doubles the previous highest market debut from 2019, from Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company, that raised $29.4 billion.The record-setting raise makes SpaceX the largest IPO launch in history with a valuation of $1.77 trillion, per Yahoo Finance.Musk had been estimated to have a net worth of $782 billion as recently as Thursday, which still had him as the richest person in the world pre-trillionaire status. He has almost three times the wealth of Google co-founder Larry Page.RELATED: America's most powerful AI superchips may be in China's hands CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP/Getty Images Musk told JPMorgan Chase during a livestream last week that SpaceX had been cash-flow positive since around 2015; however, the company reported $18.67 billion in revenue in 2025 but incurred a $4.94 billion net loss.The entrepreneur added that SpaceX is raising capital for "a significant growth phase" that includes plans to put over 100,000 satellites into orbit and build AI data centers in space.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Bloomberg Politics
SpaceX Begins Trading After Record IPO
Bloomberg's Anthony Hughes give his first reaction to the start of trading for SpaceX, as the space technology company smashed record to become the largest IPO in history. Shares extended in the first trades following the historic IPO and made founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. (Source: Bloomberg)
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The Gateway Pundit
Elon Musk Officially World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Makes Debut on Nasdaq – Musk Rings Opening Bell (VIDEO)
Elon Musk officially became the world's first trillionaire on Friday after SpaceX made its debut on the NASDAQ. The post Elon Musk Officially World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Makes Debut on Nasdaq – Musk Rings Opening Bell (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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SpaceX debuts, and Elon Musk officially lands status as ‘trillionaire’
IPO valuation of some $1.77 trillion immediately surges
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New York Post
SpaceX shares begin trading in biggest IPO ever — valuing company at more than $2 trillion
Shares of SpaceX opened at $150 each on their first day of trading in the company's landmark initial public offering – making founder Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. Some 555.6 million shares of SpaceX – which operates a rocket, satellite internet and artificial-intelligence businesses – were sold of the in the hotly anticipated IPO
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BBC News
Elon Musk's SpaceX raises $75bn ahead of world's biggest stock market launch
The public sale is also expected to make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire.
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