#SpaceX #IPO 🚀 HISTORICAL BREAKTHROUGH: SpaceX officially goes public! 🌌
What investors around the world have been dreaming about for so long has happened! Elon Musk's aerospace company has held the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the history of the global stock market.
Here are the main figures and facts of this epic event that will take your breath away:
📊 Key figures of the offering
Company valuation: A whopping $1.77 trillion! This puts SpaceX on a par with the most valuable tech giants on the planet.
Amount of funds raised: A record $75 billion. Musk has more than doubled the previous world record set by Saudi Aramco ($29.4 billion in 2019).
Share price: $135 per share.
Exchange and Ticker: The shares will be traded on the Nasdaq American stock exchange under the ticker symbol SPCX.
💥 Why did it cause a stir on Wall Street?
1. Crazy demand: Investors literally lined up. The total amount of applications exceeded $250 billion — almost 4 times more than the company planned to attract!
2. A chance for ordinary people: Elon Musk remained true to himself and allocated 30% of the shares for retail (small) investors. That is, anyone who wants to touch space, not just large funds, was able to touch it.
3. Control remains with Musk: Despite the status of a public company, thanks to a special share structure, Elon Musk retained 82% of the voting rights. No one will change his course to Mars.
🔮 Where will $75 billion go?
According to official documents, SpaceX has grand plans:
🌐 Global scaling of the Starlink satellite internet and the development of space data centers.
🚀 Financing and accelerating flights of the Starship super-heavy rocket system.
🔴 Long-term programs for the colonization of Mars and the extraction of minerals on asteroids.