Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' | Flipboard

Flipboard · Aug 06, 2026 · 402 words · By Bbc Co Uk; Samira Hussain

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Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket.

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Cashing in on SpaceX: 'Every chance I get, I'll sell a little more' Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer, designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket.

Why it matters

He was paid partly in stock - a common trade-off at start-ups as a hiring incentive.

Common ground

Some 17 years on, those 200,000 shares he was given are worth about $23m (£17m) - and the 63-year-old says …

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Elon Musk earned 2.5 million times more than a Tesla worker’s median pay in 2025”

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The claim that Elon Musk's 2025 earnings were 2.5 million times the median Tesla worker's pay is reported by The Guardian and a specific executive paywatch analysis cited in web results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk made $180 million when PayPal was sold to eBay in October 2002.[23]. Musk was first listed on the Forbes list of The World's Billionaires in 2012, with a net worth of $2 billion.[7].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk

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web search NEUTRAL — “In 2025, Elon Musk received the median Tesla worker’s pay every 4.23 seconds – less time than it takes to read this sentence,” states the report.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/13/elon-musk-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk earned the typical Tesla worker's annual pay every 4.23 seconds.His pay was 2,522,203 times higher than the median Tesla's employee pay of $57,243 annually, according to an executive paywatc…
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/elon-musk-158-bil…

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Claim 2: “the 63-year-old says”

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The claim that Andre Lavoie is 63 is mentioned in the Flipboard cross-reference and 'authoritativemorning'. However, other search results for 'Andre Lavoie' refer to different individuals (e.g., a 49-year-old in Colorado, a 73-year-old average in Florida), making it difficult to verify as a general fact beyond the specific reporting on the SpaceX engineer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — André Bourbeau, (June 1, 1936 – March 25, 2018) was a Canadian politician. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, Bourbeau served as member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Laporte serving from …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — André Desrochers is a Quebec scientist with expertise in ornithology and ecology. As of 2015, he has worked for almost thirty years in these research areas. Since the mid-1990s, he also worked to prom…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Winter Haven High School is a four-year public high school located in Winter Haven, Florida, a city of 27,855 (2004 census).
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Claim 3: “designing the pressure tanks that help power its rocket”

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Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, 'Cashing in on SpaceX', 'SpaceX Employees Become Millionaires Overnight', and 'authoritativemorning') confirm that Andre Lavoie designed pressure tanks for SpaceX rockets.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following scientific events occurred in 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_science

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Imago Théâtre is a professional feminist theatre company based in Montreal, Canada. The company was founded in 1987 by Andres Hausmann, Ray Tomalty, and Kelly Patterson, and is now led by its current …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. See Category: People from Quebec City for a more systematic list.
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Claim 4: “those 200,000 shares he was given are worth about $23m (£17m)”

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The specific valuation of 200,000 shares at $23m (£17m) is only mentioned in the Flipboard cross-reference. Other search results discuss SpaceX IPOs and stock generally but do not confirm Lavoie's specific holdings or their value.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Quebec Writers' Federation Awards are a series of Canadian literary awards, presented annually by the Quebec Writers' Federation to the best works of literature in English by writers from Quebec. …
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Claim 5: “US Space Force gives Rocket Lab $397 million to build threat-tracking 'Flatellites'”

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The $397 million contract for 'Flatellites' awarded by the US Space Force to Rocket Lab is confirmed by multiple independent sources including LinkedIn, Space.com, and Flipboard.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Space Force (USSF) is the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and was established on 20 December 2019. Part of the United States Department of Defense, it is one …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A space force is a military branch of a nation's armed forces that conducts military operations in outer space and space warfare. The world's first space force was the Russian Space Forces, establishe…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as…
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Claim 6: “Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer”

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The claim is reported by Flipboard and corroborated by a web search result from 'Cashing in on SpaceX', both stating Andre Lavoie joined SpaceX in 2009 as an engineer.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following scientific events occurred in 2024.
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Claim 7: “Nvidia has $21 billion SpaceX stake, $30 billion in Intel shares”

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Three separate web search results confirm Nvidia's $21 billion stake in SpaceX and its $30 billion stake in Intel.

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web search NEUTRAL — Intel stake declined to $22 billion as of August 14, following Intel's own Intel's $20B August offering that closed August 12. The financial return was never the only point.The SpaceX Stake: From an A…
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/324564/20260815/nvidia-di…

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web search NEUTRAL — A $30 billion Intel position and a $21 billion SpaceX stake show what Nvidia’s network is worth today. They do not show what those relationships will produce tomorrow.
https://www.remio.ai/post/nvidia-reveals-30-billion-intel-st…

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web search NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corp. on Friday disclosed a nearly $21 billion stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX and a $30 billion one in Intel Corp. The AI chipmaking giant had about 122.8 million shares in SpaceX as of June 30, a…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-14/nvidia-ha…

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Claim 8: “chief executives making 312 times what their median worker earned”

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The figure of CEOs making 312 times their median worker is reported by News247Plus and cross-referenced in Flipboard.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 2025 package is related to Tesla restricted stock granted under performance conditions. If the established objectives are met, these shares could reach a value of up to $1 billion. CEOs Earned Mor…
https://www.news247plus.com/news/business/ceos-earn-312-time…

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk earned 2.5 million times more than a Tesla worker’s median pay in 2025, despite revenue and sales declines, according to a new report.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/14/ceo-pay-skyrocke…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2025, S&P 500 CEOs earned an average of $22.8 million, with Elon Musk’s $158 billion payday highlighting the growing pay gap between top executives and average American workers.
https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/us-news/top-10-r…

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