SpaceX Completes Historic $75 Billion IPO, Largest in History
SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq under ticker 'SPCX' on June 12, 2026, raising $75 billion at $135 per share — the largest IPO in history — with shares surging roughly 19% to close around $161, pushing the company's market cap above $2 trillion. The offering, which was more than four times oversubscribed, eclipsed the previous IPO record set by Saudi Aramco's $26–29 billion raise in 2019, and valued SpaceX at approximately $1.77 trillion at its offering price. The debut made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire, with his combined stakes in SpaceX and Tesla pushing his net worth to an estimated $1.1 trillion, while also minting roughly 4,400 SpaceX employee millionaires and setting the stage for anticipated IPOs by OpenAI and Anthropic.
SpaceX, formally Space Exploration Technologies Corp., began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 12, 2026, pricing 555.6 million Class A shares at $135 each to raise $75 billion — comfortably surpassing Saudi Aramco's 2019 record. Shares opened at $150, briefly reached a high of $176.50, and closed at approximately $161, giving the company a market capitalization of roughly $2.1–2.2 trillion and placing it among the six most valuable U.S. public companies. Elon Musk, who owns approximately 42% of SpaceX's shares plus 350 million stock options, saw his net worth cross $1 trillion for the first time, with Forbes and Bloomberg both estimating his fortune at around $1.1 trillion by end of trading; he retains over 82% of voting control and cannot sell his SpaceX shares for at least one year. SpaceX's financials present a complex picture: the company posted $18.67 billion in 2025 revenue — driven heavily by its Starlink satellite internet business, which alone generated $11.39 billion — but recorded a net loss of approximately $4.9 billion that year, and has lost $8.7 billion between January 2025 and March 2026, largely due to nearly doubled capital expenditures of $20.7 billion directed at AI development and infrastructure. The IPO valuation of roughly 100 times annual revenue has drawn skepticism from analysts, with Morningstar estimating a fair value of $63 per share (approximately $830 billion total), calling the offering 'significantly overvalued' given unproven technologies including orbital AI data centers and a rapidly reusable Starship upper stage. The listing is widely seen as the first in a wave of major AI-related IPOs, with both OpenAI and Anthropic having filed confidential paperwork with the SEC, and SpaceX's strong debut is expected to influence investor appetite for those offerings.
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What's missing
The sources do not detail the specific lock-up agreement terms beyond Musk's one-year share sale restriction, nor do they clarify the precise conditions under which his 1 billion shares restricted to a Mars colony milestone could be borrowed against or what collateral arrangements exist.
How coverage differed
Most outlets reported the core facts neutrally, but framing diverged notably on the political and societal dimensions: left-leaning outlets such as The Guardian, TechCrunch, Wired, and the BBC devoted significant space to wealth inequality concerns, Musk's political controversies, DOGE's impact, and governance risks for public shareholders, while right-leaning outlets like The Federalist and Fox News framed criticism of Musk's wealth as ideologically motivated 'leftist' hostility to success, largely omitting substantive financial or governance critiques.
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- Times of IsraelCenter
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- FortuneCenter
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Bernie Sanders And More Blast Musk’s Trillionaire Status After SpaceX IPO
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- The FederalistRight
Leftist Freak Out Over Elon Musk’s Trillionaire Status Embodies Their Hatred For Success
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Platner's 'deranged' response to Musk becoming a trillionaire sparks online outrage: 'Loserthink'
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- Business StandardCenter
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- The VergeLeft
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- CBS NewsCenter
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- TechCrunchCenter
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- VarietyCenter
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Musk becomes world's first trillionaire, at least on paper, as SpaceX begins trading
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- Rolling StoneLeft
Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire After SpaceX IPO Opens on Wall Street
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