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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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“An $800 billion tender offer would put SpaceX among the 20 most valuable public companies in the U.S., right alongside JPMorgan Chase, which has an $880 billion market cap, and Walmart, which was worth $931 billion at”
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  • A $9 billion short position into Tesla was hurtful

    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 has effectively hit the ceiling of what private markets can support

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    80% confidence
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