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SpaceX wants to raise $75 billion for a record-setting IPO

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SpaceX plans to raise $75 billion in its IPO. Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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SpaceX officially wants to have the largest initial public offering of all time.

Elon Musk's rocket company is seeking to raise $75 billion in its initial public offering, according to a filing it submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission. It plans to offer 555,555,555 shares of common stock at $135 per share.

That offering would be over twice as big as the prior record for the largest IPO, which was set by Aramco when it raised $29 billion for its opening in 2019.

The updated filing came a week after SpaceX's initial S-1, which offered an unprecedented look into the finances and mission of one of the world's most valuable private companies.

Under the proposed offering size, Musk — who serves as CEO, CTO, and chairman of the board — would hold around 82% of the voting power of the company's common stock, the filing said, allowing the founder to maintain significant control.

The S-1 filing is a required step ahead of an IPO, and SpaceX is expected to make its stock-market debut this month.

SpaceX is one of several blockbuster tech IPOs that are hotly anticipated, including OpenAI and Anthropic, which filed its own S-1 this week.

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Kelsey Vlamis is a senior reporter for Business Insider, where she covers business and tech news. She also writes business stories about travel, luxury, and culture. Previously, she covered the environment, outdoors, and indigenous issues.Her feature story "Disaster at 18,200 feet" received awards from the New York Press Club and the North American Travel Journalists Association, as well as honorable mention from the Society of American Travel Writers. She has also received an American Journalism Online Award for her coverage on missing and murdered Indigenous people in Wyoming.She's appeared on CBS, NPR, NBC, and other outlets to discuss her reporting. She previously worked on the world news desk at the BBC in London and received a master's in journalism from Northwestern University.She can be reached by email at kvlamis@jkmperu.com or via the encrypted-messaging app Signal at kelseyv.21.