World's largest sovereign wealth fund posts record $184 billion profit as it reveals SpaceX stake for the first time

Cnbc · Aug 12, 2026 · 836 words · By Chloe Taylor

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Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported a record half-year profit of more than $184 billion on Wednesday, as a rally in Asian technology stocks helped the fund return 9.4%.

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What happened

Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported a record half-year profit of more than $184 billion on Wednesday, as a rally in Asian technology stocks helped the fund return 9.4%.

Why it matters

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) manages the fund, which was set up in the 1990s to invest revenues from the country's oil and gas industry.

Common ground

The fund — currently valued at around $2.34 trillion — is an investor in more than 7,000 companies across more than 50 countries and has stakes in around 1.5% of the world's publicly listed stocks.

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Claim 1: “managers disclosed a 0.05% stake in SpaceX, valued at just over $1.2 billion”

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Claim 2: “The fund — currently valued at around $2.34 trillion”

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Multiple sources refer to the fund's value in the $2.3 trillion range.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country comprising the western and northernmost parts of the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe, the remote Arctic island Jan Mayen and the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway Demographics of N…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norwegians (Norwegian: Nordmenn, lit. 'Northmen') are an ethnic group and nation native to Norway, where they form the vast majority of the population. They share a common culture and speak the Norweg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegians

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Claim 3: “a 1.2% ownership of Apple valued at $52.7 as of June 30”

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Claim 4: “its most valuable holdings being shares of Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft”

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Claim 5: “Norway's sovereign wealth fund also holds a 1% stake in Tesla that was reported to be worth around $15.7 by the end of the first half”

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Claim 6: “the fund... was set up in the 1990s to invest revenues from the country's oil and gas industry”

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Web search and reference materials confirm the fund was established by law in 1990 to manage petroleum revenues.

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Claim 7: “SpaceX shares soared on their debut in June”

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Claim 8: “Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) manages the fund”

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Wikipedia and official Norges Bank sources explicitly state that Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is responsible for managing the Government Pension Fund Global.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Government Pension Fund of Norway (Norwegian: Statens pensjonsfond) is the sovereign wealth fund collectively owned by the Government of Norway. It consists of two entirely separate sovereign wea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norges Bank (Bokmål: Norges Bank, Nynorsk: Noregs Bank, lit. 'Bank of Norway') is the central bank of Norway. It is responsible for managing the Government Pension Fund of Norway, which is the world's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norges_Bank

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Claim 9: “Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund reported a record half-year profit of more than $184 billion on Wednesday”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm the record half-year profit of approximately $184 billion (1.75 trillion NOK).

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Claim 10: “Around 40% of NBIM's portfolio is comprised of U.S. equities”

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Claim 11: “In 2024, NBIM voted against Musk's historic $56 billion pay package from Tesla”

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Claim 12: “Its profit for the first six months of the year came in at more than 1.75 trillion Norwegian kroner, or around $184.9 billion”

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The specific figure of 1.75 trillion NOK (approx $184.9 billion) is reported across multiple news sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — The 1.75 trillion-crown profit surpassed the previous six-month record of 1.5 trillion crowns, set during the first half of 2023. The fund owns an average of 1.5% of all listed companies globally, mak…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/norway-wealth-fund-record-profit-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Wall Street has poured an estimated **$7 trillion into AI infrastructure**, including data centers, semiconductors, and the technology needed to power generative AI. But as this enormous investment in…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBW-KI-QEf8

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web search NEUTRAL — Numbers of Zeros in a Million, Billion, Trillion, and More - ThoughtCoBelow is...
https://www.thoughtco.com/zeros-in-million-billion-trillion-…

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Claim 13: “is an investor in more than 7,000 companies across more than 50 countries”

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Multiple sources confirm the portfolio spans more than 7,000 companies in over 50 countries.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1949–50 Hovedserien was the 6th completed season of top division football in Norway.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949–50_Norwegian_Main_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Norwegian banknotes are circulated, in addition to Norwegian coins, with a denomination of Norwegian kroner, as standard units of currency in Norway. From 1877, after the establishment of the Scandina…
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Claim 14: “NBIM later voted against Musk's trillion-dollar pay package at Tesla's annual shareholder meeting in late 2025”

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Claim 15: “In the second quarter... NBIM's equity holdings rallied 15.98%”

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Claim 16: “NBIM also investing in fixed income, real estate and renewable energy infrastructure”

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Claim 17: “a 1.3% stake in Nvidia worth $61.8 billion”

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Claim 18: “has stakes in around 1.5% of the world's publicly listed stocks”

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Multiple independent sources confirm the fund owns approximately 1.5% of all publicly listed stocks globally.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Government Pension Fund Norway (Statens pensjonsfond Norge. ) is smaller and was established in 1967 as a type of national insurance fund. It is managed separately from the Oil Fund and is limited…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Pension_Fund_of_Nor…

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web search NEUTRAL — It owns approximately 1.5% of all publicly listed stocks in the world. That last figure is worth sitting with. Norway's sovereign wealth fund is, in a meaningful sense, a passive owner of global capit…
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/norways-23-trillion-fund-made…

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web search NEUTRAL — Norway's sovereign-wealth fund announced this week that it aims to have every company in its portfolio reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
https://www.weforum.org/stories/climate-action/norways-massi…

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Claim 19: “a rally in Asian technology stocks helped the fund return 9.4%”

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One source confirms a 9.4% return for the first half of 2021, but the claim does not specify the year, and other sources mention different returns for different periods (e.g., 4.2% in 2026).

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web search NEUTRAL — Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, Oslo, returned 9.4% in the first half of 2021, driven by gains in energy and finance stocks, which bounced back in the period following a sharp downturn earlie…
https://www.pionline.com/sovereign-wealth-funds/norway-sover…

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web search NEUTRAL — Norway sovereign wealth fund's return in 2026 stands at 4.2%, says fund chief.The fund last month reported a loss of 636 billion Norwegian crowns ($68.61 billion) for the January-March period, a negat…
https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/norway-sovereign-wea…

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web search NEUTRAL — The fund is managed with the aim of the highest possible return with moderate risk. Learn more about the fund's current and historic returns.
https://www.nbim.no/en/investments/returns/

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Claim 20: “equity investments falling 2.6% in the first quarter of the year”

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Claim 21: “Equities make up more than two-thirds of the wider portfolio”

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Claim 22: “leading to a first-half return of 12.95%”

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Claim 23: “Musk declined an invitation from Tangen to a private dinner and a conference run by NBIM in Oslo”

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