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Emma Burleigh

Billionaire Elon Musk says he’ll give every kid in America shares of SpaceX next year—it’ll add up to over $10 billion in stock

Elon Musk (Credit: The Hollywood Reporter / Contributor / Getty Images)

Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, said that he’ll give every U.S. kid a slice of his SpaceX fortune. And if he follows through on the promise, the entrepreneur would be shelling out over $10 billion to America’s children.

“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk wrote in a recent X post. “This will be the first of many.”

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