How Do You Buy Shares in SpaceX? Ask Elon Musk’s Friends.

WSJ Tech News Briefing

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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With a valuation of $350 billion, Elon Musk’s SpaceX remains a private company. WSJ reporter Corrie Driebusch explains how a tightknit circle of Musk allies control its shares, as well as those of the businessman’s other private companies. Plus, WSJ columnist Sumathi Reddy takes us through the painstaking decision of whether to buy her 11-year-old daughter a smartphone. Katie Deighton hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.4	at the top of each show for the next few weeks.
0:38.3	Our goal here at Tech News Briefing is to keep you updated with the latest headlines and trends on all things tech.
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1:14.3	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
1:16.7	It's Monday, April 28th.
1:18.7	I'm Katie Dayton for the Wall Street Journal.
1:21.4	Today, we're reflecting on a very modern parental decision,
1:25.3	the age in which kids should get a smartphone.
1:29.6	Spoiler, there doesn't seem to be much of a consensus. Then, we're zooming in on Space X. Elon Musk keeps its inner
1:36.2	workings as a bit of a mystery, and that opacity also applies to its investor base. We take a look
1:42.8	at who exactly is getting a cut of the $350 billion
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