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How Elon Musk nailed the SpaceX IPO: ‘I’m not sure that this could have gone much better’

MarketWatch · Jun 12, 2026, 9:57 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

There were a lot of ways that SpaceX’s initial public offering could have gone wrong. Instead, the company bucked Wall Street norms, pulled off the biggest IPO ever and raised $75 billion.

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How Elon Musk nailed the SpaceX IPO: ‘I’m not sure that this could have gone much better’

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