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A SpaceX IPO could be the largest public offering of all time—and Elon Musk’s biggest headache

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A SpaceX IPO could be the largest public offering of all time—and Elon Musk’s biggest headache The SpaceX public offering could very well be the largest public offering of all time—bringing in even more money than Saudi Aramco’s cosmic $29 billion public listing in 2019…
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  • SpaceX has been cash flow positive for many years

    80% confidence
  • The SpaceX IPO will be the most anticipated and successful IPO ever

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX's board is heavily weighted toward insiders and Musk loyalists; a meaningful expansion of truly independent board members is expected ahead of any listing

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX has effectively hit the ceiling of what private markets can support

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX has been cash flow positive for many years

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX will generate around $15 billion in revenue in 2025

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX will generate between $22 billion to $24 billion in revenue in 2026

    80% confidence
  • There is somewhere around $100 trillion to $150 trillion invested in global equities vs $2 trillion to $3 trillion available in private markets

    80% confidence
  • Whether and when a SpaceX IPO would take place is highly uncertain

    80% confidence
  • An impending tender offer will double SpaceX's valuation to approximately $800 billion

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX's board is heavily weighted toward insiders and Musk loyalists and would need meaningful expansion of truly independent board members ahead of any listing

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX will generate around $15 billion in revenue in 2025 and between $22 billion to $24 billion in 2026

    80% confidence
  • The SpaceX IPO will be the most anticipated and successful IPO ever

    80% confidence
  • Musk admitted the personal toll of Tesla vehicle vandalism and plummeting Tesla stock price

    80% confidence
  • Financing a multi-decade, industrial-scale road map simply doesn't map cleanly onto private fund structures

    80% confidence
  • A $9 billion short position into Tesla was hurtful

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX has effectively hit the ceiling of what private markets can support

    80% confidence
  • Musk described a $9 billion short position in Tesla as hurtful

    80% confidence
  • SpaceX's CFO told employees that whether and when an IPO would take place was highly uncertain

    80% confidence
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