Elon Musk’s SpaceX Files For Highly Anticipated IPO

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX confirmed in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission it will take the company public, a multi-trillion-dollar move that could potentially turn Musk into the world’s first trillionaire. Spacex’s IPO valuation could reach between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion, according to multiple reports, which would best the previous all-time IPO valuation record of $1.7 trillion set by Saudi Aramco in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.3	According to his securities and exchange commission filing on Wednesday, Elon Musk's
0:46.7	space X has officially moved to go public. This highly anticipated multi-trillion dollar initial public
0:52.8	offering has the potential to elevate
0:55.0	Musk to the status of world's first trillionaire.
0:58.5	Space X's IPO valuation could reach between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion, according to multiple
1:05.1	reports, which would best the previous all-time IPO valuation record of $1.7 trillion
1:10.5	set by Saudi Aramco in 2019.
1:13.6	The filing states that the company will go public this year but does not have an exact
1:17.6	date for the delivery of Class A shares. Space X will trade on the NASDAQ exchange under the
1:22.8	ticker symbol SPCX, according to Wednesday's filing, which said shares will be offered to retail investors
1:28.9	through trading platforms like Schwab, Fidelity, Robin Hood, SoFi, and E-Trade. SpaceX generated
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