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A 1% mistake costs $10 billion: Inside the impossible math of managing Elon Musk's trillionaire SpaceX wealth

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Elon Musk managed to break two massive records in the world of business on Friday: launching the largest-ever initial public offering of his company SpaceX and becoming the world’s first trillionaire.

Both of these feats were challenging for even Musk to wrap his head around, considering he had said he originally expected the company to fail.

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