Elon Musk's unprecendented accumulation of wealth

The Guardian 

IPO mints Musk as world's first trillionaire - now SpaceX is public, it will be harder than ever not to have a stake in its future I'm filling in for your usual host Blake Montgomery, who is out this week on vacation. Today, we'll be talking about the historic SpaceX IPO and the US government's surprise order to limit the use of Anthropic's most advanced AI model over cybersecurity concerns. Elon Musk's SpaceX hit the market on Friday in the biggest IPO of all time, raising $85.7bn and easily shattering the previous record of $29.4bn set by the Saudi oil giant Aramco. The rocket, AI and satellite communications company ended the day at $160.95 per share, up from its IPO price of $135 and satisfying any Wall Street skepticism over the unorthodox rollout of the stock. SpaceX's successful market debut turned Musk into the world's first trillionaire, an unprecedented accumulation of wealth that supporters touted as a testament to his financial genius and critics denounced as a symbol of a broken economic system.