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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

SpaceX mulls $1.5tn IPO timed to ‘align with Musk’s birthday and the planets’

SpaceX's Starship lifts off during its fifth flight test, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S., October 13, 2024
If the flotation goes ahead it would involve a bigger initial fundraising than the IPO of Saudi Aramco, which raised $29bn in 2019. Photograph: Kaylee Greenlee Beal/Reuters

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire’s birthday.

The world’s richest person is targeting a symbolic date of mid-June for the initial public offering, according to the Financial Times. This would be around the same time as Jupiter and Venus appear in close proximity to each other and shortly before Musk turns 55 on 28 June.

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