Marcella Mack

History. Books. Bikes. 💙💙💙

[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

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.

[US Homeland Security News @defense_civil25]

Good morning X! 🇺🇸

[Spitfire @RealSpitfire]

At least he didn’t introduce President Trump…….

[SleeperGiants @SleeperGiants]

Brian Burns on Tremaine Edmunds and rookie Arvell Reese:

“Man, they look like – I don't know...I've never seen a linebacker duo like that, just off first glance."

(via @Dan_Salomone)

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

The day Elon Musk told X advertisers to "go fck yourselves" he was worth $220 billion

Today he's worth $1.1 trillion

[Art Stapleton @art_stapleton]

Brian Burns’ nickname for Tremaine Edmunds and Arvell Reese - Predator and Baby Predator - feels like it could stick.

[Szymanski @Szymansk_ii]

Next time you think of giving up, remember this photo of Elon in 2008.

[Jaylene🐰 @playmatejaylene]

The first trillionaire in human history

- Elon Musk
- Born in South Africa
- Bullied relentlessly as a kid
- Immigrated to North America
- Arrived with a backpack and a dream
- Built Zip2 with his brother
- Sold it 4 years later for $300 million
- Co-founded PayPal with the profits
- Revolutionised digital payments
- Sold PayPal to eBay for $1.5 billion
- Bet everything on Tesla and SpaceX
- Got mocked for electric cars
- Got laughed at for reusable rockets
- Nearly went bankrupt in 2008
- Kept building anyway
- Turned Tesla into the world’s most valuable automaker
- Made EVs mainstream and transformed the automotive industry
- Made reusable rockets a reality
- Reduced the cost of reaching space by 95%
- Sparked the modern commercial space race
- Built Starlink and connected millions around the world to high-speed internet
- Turned SpaceX into the most valuable private company in history
- Bought Twitter for $44 billion
- The world said he overpaid
- He was called reckless, stupid & crazy
- Advertisers fled, media declared it dead
- Critics called it the worst acquisition in tech history
- Renamed it 𝕏
- Rebuilt the platform anyway
- Turned it into one of the most influential platforms on Earth
- Launched xAI and accelerated the global AI race
- Sent astronauts to space
- Is trying to get humans to mars
- Created millions of jobs
- Generated hundreds of billions in value
- Inspired an entire generation of builders

Before:
- Failed repeatedly
- Worked insane hours
- Slept in factories and offices
- Got bullied, laughed at and mocked
- Constantly told “it’s impossible”
- Kept building anyway
- Made it possible

Today:
- Richest person on Earth
- First trillionaire in human history
- Largest IPO in history $1.77 trillion

Most people quit when the world laughs at them.

Elon Musk built the future instead.

Love him or hate him…

Nobody has changed more industries in a single lifetime.

Payments. Cars. Energy. Space. Social Media. Communications. AI.

History won’t remember the people who said it couldn’t be done.

It will remember the people who did it anyway.

Congratulations Elon.
The first trillionaire. 🚀

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Thanks to President Trump and congressional Republicans' bold action to pass the Secure America Act, Democrats can no longer play games with the livelihoods of America's law enforcement agencies.

[Alec Lace @AlecLace]

🚨 HYPOCRISY ALERT

Ben Stiller urged New Yorkers to “do something” about homelessness

Today he walked straight past a homeless man on the street like he didn’t exist.

“Are you enjoying a home right now?” Stiller asks. “Thousands of others can’t.”

Another Hollywood Fraud

[UFC @ufc]

History in the making.

#UFCWhiteHouse is LIVE SUNDAY JUNE 14 At 8pmET on @ParamountPlus!

[ UFC Freedom 250 presented by @CryptoCom and @RamTrucks ]

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

It’s a 6th round and 7th round swap of picks to complete the Wanya Morris trade.

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

The Knicks wiping out a 22-point deficit in the fourth quarter against the Cavaliers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals turned out to be a warmup act for what might be the most memorable win in franchise history and the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.

[New York Post @nypost]

Knicks pull off historic NBA Finals comeback to put them one win from championship. Read today's cover here: https://t.co/MPIU71iCza

[Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter]

A play New York won’t forget:

[ESPN Insights @ESPNInsights]

The Knicks led for just 53.8 seconds in Game 4 🤯

That's the 2nd-lowest amount of time leading in a Finals win since the 1976-77 merger 😲

[Petrik Leo (Novel Notions) @PetrikReads]

COVER REVEAL TIME! I'm thrilled to reveal the cover art of SONGS OF THE SUN EATER by Christopher Ruocchio! This is a collection of short stories in The Sun Eater series. One actually takes place after the end of SHADOWS UPON TIME. You want to read it.

Cover art by @kieranyanner

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

"The United States States of America cannot live with the shackles of Birthright Citizenship. It is not economically, or otherwise, sustainable, and no other Country in the World, of consequence, does it!" - President Donald J. Trump

[MAGA Voice @MAGAVoice]

Im in tears. Donald Trump invited the hardworking men who renovated the Reflecting Pool to the Oval

Every man received a signed hat and a presidential challenge coin

I LOVE THIS ❤️