If you watch this video and are not filled with joy and excitement for the future of humanity then you might be dead inside.
Congrats to everyone at SpaceX and to all retail shareholders who were able to get in on the pre-IPO price.
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mock no one, life is so fucking slippery, he wasn’t even near top 100 in forbes list 10 yrs ago but he’s at #1 today with a net worth surpassing GDP of 180 countries at just 54 yo. that’s how fast stories can change.
Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day.
400 of them are now worth over $100 million.
These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff, because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries.
Juan Hernandez immigrated from Mexico and took a $28 an hour contractor welding job in 2015. He says he didn't even know what SpaceX was. The company gave him a $10,000 equity grant and let him buy more shares through payroll deductions. That stake is now worth $880,000.
Trevor Hise's parents wanted him to take a stable job at General Electric. He picked SpaceX instead, stayed 12 years, and accumulated over 100,000 shares. At the $135 listing price that's $13.5 million. He's 37 and semiretired. His words: "The magnitude of this has been ridiculous."
The most telling detail came before the listing. Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before.
Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.
In awe of SpaceX and its story - past, present and the future. You can think about it in 10+ different ways and continue re-blowing your mind in circles. Huge congrats to the team! 🚀
AOC and other commies with zero life achievements: “Elon Musk is not a scientist, he’s not an engineer, he’s a billionaire conman with a lot of money” 🤡
Elon Musk on Friday: “Trillionaire”
Elon Musk on the #1 attribute to cultivate if you want to be successful
“Curiosity. Try to read as much as possible. Learn as much as possible in many different fields. And apply critical thinking to anything that you’re told.”
Source: @WestPoint_USMA (Feb 2025)
People respect you more when they don't see you often. Even parents. Trust me. It's strange how distance rearranges love, how absence restores what closeness erodes. When people are deprived of your presence, they start seeing you clearly again, not through habit but through awareness. Proximity dulls perception. Space sharpens it. That's just how the human mind works.
Elon Musk watching the empire he spent years building.
Years of risk. Countless setbacks. Endless criticism.
A reminder that every setback is part of the journey!