Last mentioned: Jun 14, 2026
IPO Pricing
SpaceX prices its IPO at $135 per share, offering 555.6 million shares to institutional and retail investors, raising $75 billion.
Market Open
Shares begin trading on the NYSE at $150, up 11.1% from IPO price.
Market Close
SpaceX closes at slightly below $161, a 19.2% gain, valuing the company at $2.1 trillion and making Elon Musk the first trillionaire with a net worth of $1.1 trillion.
SpaceX's IPO shattered records, raising $75 billion—the largest startup exit in history—and valuing the company at $2.1 trillion after a 19% first-day pop. For the venture capital and startup ecosystem, it's a blueprint for moonshot exits and a testament to founder-led growth.
From venture-funded rocket dream to $75 billion public offering, SpaceX’s IPO provides the ultimate blueprint for deep-tech founders. Musk’s $1.1 trillion windfall underscores how patient capital, audacious vision, and vertical integration can generate returns that dwarf traditional software exits.
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| What you see | What it tells you |
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| Story count | Number of distinct stories where Forbes was a primary or referenced actor. |
| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
| Sentiment distribution | Aggregate sentiment of the stories mentioning this entity, weighted by impact score. |
| Cross-niche links | When the same entity surfaces in our sibling networks, we link to those views to enrich context. |