Musk bought $1.4 billion SpaceX shares last year, The Information reports

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Tue, April 21, 2026 astatine 2:37 AM CDT 1 min read

April 21 (Reuters) - Elon Musk accrued his involvement successful SpaceX past twelvemonth by purchasing $1.4 cardinal worthy ‌of banal from existent and erstwhile employees, ‌The Information reported connected Tuesday.

The secondary banal purchase, made done Musk's ​trust, was disclosed successful a draught of SpaceX's confidential IPO prospectus, the study said.

SpaceX besides approved a program past period that would grant the billionaire CEO 60 cardinal ‌additional shares if ⁠the company’s marketplace capitalization climbs from $1.1 trillion to arsenic precocious arsenic $6.6 trillion and the ⁠firm completes an ambitious program of gathering information centers successful abstraction to proviso compute for AI developers, The Information ​said.

The banal ​would vest arsenic SpaceX ​increases its marketplace headdress ‌in $500 cardinal increments, according to the Information.

Reuters could not instantly verify the report.

SpaceX did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

The company, which confidentially filed for a U.S. listing successful March, generated astir $8 cardinal successful ‌profit past twelvemonth connected gross ​of $15 cardinal to $16 billion, Reuters ​reported successful January.

SpaceX ​plans to usage a dual-class equity operation ‌that gives Class B shareholders ​10 votes each, ​Reuters reported connected Tuesday, concentrating powerfulness with Musk and a fistful of different insiders, portion Class ​A shares sold ‌to nationalist investors volition transportation 1 ballot each.

(Reporting ​by Chandni Shah successful Bengaluru; Editing by ​Janane Venkatraman and Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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