SpaceX's IPO is set to be the biggest ever and could make Elon Musk world's first trillionaire

Nbcwashington · Jun 03, 2026 · 826 words · By Alex Veiga; Bernard Condon; The Associated Press

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SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire.

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The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell 555.6 million shares at $135 a piece in an initial public offering.

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The estimated proceeds would easily top the $26 billion raised by oil giant Saudi Aramco in 2019.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Earlier this week, Anthropic submitted a confidential filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to officially start its own IPO clock.”

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Claim 2: “The company, formally known as Space Exploration Technologies Corp., said Wednesday it will sell 555.6 million shares at $135 a piece in an initial public offering.”

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The specific details of selling 555.6 million shares at $135 per share are confirmed by BBC News and other web search results.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The initial public offering (IPO) of SpaceX, an American aerospace and artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk in 2002, occurred on June 12, 2026. It was the largest ever IPO, at a valuat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering_of_Spa…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, doing business as SpaceX, is an American spaceflight, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence company headquartered at the Starbase development site…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — X.AI LLC, doing business as xAI, is a subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX working in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media. xAI's flagship products are the gener…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XAI_(company)

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Claim 3: “Musk’s recent deal that gave SpaceX the rights to buy AI coding tool Cursor for $60 billion later this year.”

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Claim 4: “Musk started xAI in 2023 with 11 other co-founders who have all since left.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding the 11 co-founders of xAI.

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Claim 5: “SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month”

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Multiple independent sources (BBC News, Metro News, and a dedicated IPO web result) confirm SpaceX raised approximately $75 billion in its June 2026 IPO.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. Currently built and launched from Starbase in Texas, it is intended as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starship

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Claim 6: “The offering would also give SpaceX a market value of $1.77 trillion.”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that the SpaceX IPO occurred on June 12, 2026, at a valuation of US$1.77 trillion. This is also corroborated by other web sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A trillionaire is a person whose net worth is at least one trillion units of a given currency, typically the US dollar due to its status as a world currency. A trillionaire represents the highest tier…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillionaire

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Claim 7: “Musk’s voting power will come primarily through his ownership of 5.22 billion Class B shares, which give the holder 10 votes for every share held.”

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IBTimes India and other web sources confirm the dual-class share structure where Class B shares carry ten votes each, allowing Musk to maintain high voting power.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk is recognized for his design and engineering work on Tesla vehicles and SpaceX rockets and his efforts to combat global warming. For his renewable energy work and advocacy, he has received s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_honors_rece…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$992 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $997 billion according to Forbes, as of July 2026, prim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk

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Claim 8: “Only six companies in the S&P 500 are currently worth more, with Nvidia tops at $5.2 trillion.”

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Web search results confirm Nvidia's market cap is over $5 trillion (Nov 2025), and the context of the SpaceX IPO valuation ($1.77 trillion) aligns with the claim that only a few S&P 500 companies are larger.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Nvidia DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration) is a series of servers and workstations designed by Nvidia, primarily geared towards enhancing deep learning applications through the use of general-purpose compu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_DGX

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Jetson is a series of embedded computing boards from Nvidia. The Jetson TK1, TX1 and TX2 models all carry a Tegra processor (or SoC) from Nvidia that integrates an ARM architecture central proc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Jetson

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Claim 9: “According to the filing, Musk would have 82.4% of the voting power in the company.”

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Two separate web search results explicitly mention that Musk holds 82.4% of the voting power through Class B shares.

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web search NEUTRAL — Musk in 2019 as SpaceX CEO; the company's IPO in 2026 led to him becoming the first US$ trillionaire.How Elon Musk Controls 82.4% of the Votes With Just 42% of the Equity".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk

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web search NEUTRAL — Musk holds 82.4% of voting power through Class B shares as they are 10x of voting power. And regular public shares have almost zero say. You own the company on paper. He owns it in reality.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/7-minutes-catch-up-weeks-top-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla; chief engineer of SpaceX; and CTO of xAI joins Laurence D. Fink, chair and CEO of BlackRock and interim co-chair of World Economic F...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrB2tQDVLLo

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Claim 10: “The company plans to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol “SPCX””

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Claim 11: “Forbes currently values Musk's net worth at $826 billion and his stake in SpaceX at $542 billion.”

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While Forbes is a known source, the provided evidence for this specific claim only contains general descriptions of Forbes and its billionaire list, not the specific figures of $826 billion and $542 billion.

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web search NEUTRAL — Forbes ... Forbes (/ fɔːrbz /) is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes

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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Forbes is a global media company, focusing on business, investing, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, and lifestyle.
https://www.forbes.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — 10 hours ago · The wealth-tracking platform provides ongoing updates on the net worth and ranking of each individual confirmed by Forbes to be a billionaire.
https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/

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Claim 12: “The estimated value of his SpaceX holdings was based on an overall value for the company of $1.25 trillion.”

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The provided evidence discusses hypothetical valuations (e.g., if it IPOs at $1.5 trillion) but does not confirm the specific $1.25 trillion valuation used to calculate the $542 billion stake.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 12, 2026 ... Elon Musk is about to make history: If SpaceX IPOs at a $1.5 trillion valuation, his stake in the company ALONE would be worth $625 billion.
https://www.facebook.com/forbes/posts/elon-musk-just-became-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Based on those numbers, a $1.77 trillion valuation for SpaceX would boost Musk's net worth by $223 billion, making him a trillionaire. However, ...
https://houston.innovationmap.com/spacex-ipo-news-today-2676…

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Claim 13: “The filing shows that the company lost $2.6 billion from operations last year on $18.7 billion in revenue”

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The claim is supported by one cross-reference (Phys), but no other independent sources in the provided evidence confirm these specific financial losses and revenue figures.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — A filing shows that his SpaceX lost $2.6 billion from operations last year on $18.7 billion in revenue
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-spacex-reveals-biggest.html

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