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SpaceX Shares Close Up 19% in Historic Debut as Musk Becomes First Trillionaire WSJElon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire — here's what $1 trillion can buy Los Angeles TimesSpaceX's Unlikely Journey From Far-Out Idea to $2 Trillion Juggernaut The New York TimesSpaceX IPO: What Time Does SPCX Debut On The Stock Market? (Live Updates) ForbesExp
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John D. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became America's first billionaire in 1916. Like Elon Musk's ascension, the milestone made headlines.
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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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Elon Musk's stratospheric rise to trillionaire status - in charts BBC1,000,000,000,000 (that's 1 trillion), in graphics NBC NewsOpinion | In Defense of Trillionaires WSJThe world's first trillionaire is a killer The VergeWhat It Means for Elon Musk to Be Worth $1 Trillion The New York Times
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Stock Market Today: Dow Ends Higher On Iran Deal Hopes; SpaceX Rockets 19% In Debut Investor's Business DailySpaceX IPO live updates: Elon Musk's SpaceX stock soars in market debut as Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise Yahoo FinanceSpaceX debut lifts stocks as oil falls on Iran deal hopes Honolulu Star-AdvertiserIndexes Climb as SpaceX Soars in Trading Debut WSJ
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The company's record-breaking IPO is the latest example of a management style that keeps Musk involved in decisions many chief executives typically delegate.
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In 2007, former Inc. writer Max Chafkin described the entrepreneur as someone who "just might change the world." He turned out to be right.
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Elon Musk's stake in SpaceX is worth more than $766 billion. Combined with his Tesla holdings, Musk's net worth as of Friday is roughly $1.05 trillion.
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As SpaceX completes the largest IPO in history, Musk recalls why he once expected the rocket company to fail.
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