When most companies' opening remarks during their IPOs were about profit, today it hits something different.
It is hope.
The once-inspiring future that excited us when we were young but that we dropped after growing up—we have found it again.
Oh yes, I remember that Bond film where the villain decarbonized the auto industry, brought fast internet to everyone on the planet, and helped paralyzed people interact with the world again.
Haha this is awesome. Elon agreed to the "greenshoe" IPO option but only if the bankers and team all wore actual green shoes 😂🔥
(A "greenshoe" is a standard IPO provision that allows underwriters to sell up to ~15% more shares than originally planned if demand is strong, helping stabilize the stock price in early trading.)
Last week, I attended the @ElonMusk and Jamie Dimon @SpaceX discussion at J.P. Morgan. Jamie asked Elon how he had changed over the past 20 years as a leader and a person.
Elon's answer wasn't about success. It was about what's next. He said he has learned a lot...has made mistakes and still has much to learn...
Then he added, “I think maybe the future AI will say ‘not bad for a human’."
Elon, thank you so much for what you've done for humanity. Congrats to you, @Gwynne_Shotwell, @BretWJ, and the entire team. What is even more remarkable... this feels like day one, that you are just getting started.
PS. When people ask "what is the next SpaceX and who is the next Elon?" Simple answer.
There is NO NEXT!!!
Elon Musk is a mensch!
A man working as a welder at SpaceX for $28 an hour has just become a millionaire.
Juan Hernandez, who came from Mexico, welded rockets for SpaceX at $28 an hour.
SpaceX gave him $10,000 in stock when he went full time in 2015, and he bought more with every paycheck for 10 years.
$SPCX is now trading at $167, making his shares worth over $1 million.
ANTONIO GRACIAS on @SpaceX: “We have 20,000 people here. They're some of the best engineers in the world.
“And what we're building is the entire stack from, energy to compute, to launch to orbital compute.
“What an investor is buying today, we've been buying for really 20 years — is the ability to help make the future is being part of this extraordinary company.”
Very inspiring words from Elon Musk today:
"I always think about this. There are always problems on earth. There’s always things that we wish to be better, that we want to solve on Earth, and we should solve them. But there there also has to be things that get you excited about the future — that make you glad to wake up in the morning, because you can’t wait to see what happens next.
That’s the future @SpaceX wants to bring to you."
Let’s goooooo🚀