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SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO drew more than four times available supply in investor demand, with BlackRock targeting a $5 billion stake ahead of the June 12 Nasdaq debut.
- SpaceX priced 555.6 million shares at $135 each, valuing Elon Musk's rocket company at $1.77 trillion — the largest IPO in history, doubling Saudi Aramco's 2019 record.
- The order book surpassed $250 billion — over 4x the available supply — with single investors placing orders of $10 billion or more.
- BlackRock is targeting approximately $5 billion in shares, joined by Gulf sovereign wealth funds and retail investors who collectively submitted over $70 billion in requests.
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SpaceX priced its initial public offering at $135 per share on June 11, 2026, raising $75 billion at a valuation of $1.77 trillion and setting the global record for the largest stock-market debut in history. Investor demand exceeded $250 billion — more than four times the available supply — as the company prepares to begin trading on Nasdaq on Friday under the ticker SPCX.What Happened
Elon Musk's SpaceX sold 555.6 million shares at a fixed price of $135 each, with underwriters holding an overallotment option on an additional 83.3 million shares worth $11.2 billion. The offering more than doubles Saudi Aramco's $29.4 billion debut in 2019, the prior benchmark for the largest IPO on record.Order books closed Wednesday with demand running at more than four times the $75 billion on offer. BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, placed a bid targeting approximately $5 billion in shares — joining Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, including entities linked to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, that submitted individual orders of $1 billion or more. Multiple unnamed institutional investors placed standalone orders of $10 billion each, further inflating a book that sources placed above $250 billion in total.
Retail investors submitted in excess of $70 billion in requests. The volume is consistent with Musk's stated intention to allocate up to 30% of the SpaceX IPO to individual buyers — a retail tranche far larger than typical for an offering of this scale. Goldman Sachs leads the underwriting syndicate, with Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citigroup, and JPMorgan Chase as co-bookrunners.
Strategic Context
The listing gives SpaceX direct access to public capital at a pivotal moment: the company is accelerating Starship heavy-lift development, expanding its Starlink broadband constellation past 7,000 operational satellites, and competing for U.S. national security launch contracts. At $1.77 trillion, SpaceX enters public markets as the seventh-largest U.S. company by capitalization, above Tesla at approximately $1.6 trillion.
Elon Musk retains more than 82% of voting control through a dual-class share structure, preserving management continuity despite the broad public float. Gray-market trading in the days before the official open showed a narrowing premium over the $135 IPO price — a pattern consistent with large anchor-order-dominated books where institutional allocations limit the supply available to secondary buyers.Outlook
The SpaceX IPO is the defining capital markets event of 2026. Institutional commitment — anchored by BlackRock's $5 billion bid and broad Gulf sovereign participation — reflects the premium investors assign to Elon Musk's franchise across commercial launch, satellite connectivity, and national security space. Post-listing performance will hinge on Starship's development cadence, Starlink's path to operating profitability, and how dual-class governance balances founder control against minority-shareholder accountability. The opening trade on June 12 establishes the first public reference price for one of the most valuable enterprises ever brought to market.
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