{"id":807512,"date":"2026-10-19T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807512\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T11:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T11:36:19","slug":"elon-musk-says-he-is-going-to-give-spacex-stock-away-to-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807512\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says he is going to give SpaceX stock away to kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Kids will soon have a financial interest in the future of space.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">&#8220;Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX (<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/SPCX\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:SPCX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:1;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SPCX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SPCX<\/a>) shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many,&#8221; SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/2112089556615123114?s=20\" data-ylk=\"slk:X%20post%20on%20Monday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:2;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X post on Monday&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\">X post on Monday<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">Musk didn&#8217;t specify an age range for the <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/technology\/article\/ukraine-claims-spacex-is-throttling-starlink-again-amid-war-with-russia-musk-says-ask-potus-193809373.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:proposed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;proposed&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yActionOutcome&quot;:&quot;mb_qualified_link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">proposed<\/a> gift.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/markets\/stocks\/article\/spacex-stock-poised-for-a-catalyst-fueled-2027-114940136.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:SpaceX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:4;pos:1;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;outcm:mb_qualified_link;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SpaceX&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yContentType&quot;:&quot;story&quot;,&quot;yActionOutcome&quot;:&quot;mb_qualified_link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SpaceX<\/a> stock rose 1% in premarket trading on Monday.  <\/p>\n<p>     (<a class=\"loud-link fin-size-medium      yf-119g04z\" data-ylk=\"elm:ct;elmt:link;itc:0;source:content-embed%20default;sec:content-embed;slk:SPCX\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;ct&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-embed default&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-embed&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SPCX&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/SPCX\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPCX  <\/a>)         <a aria-label=\"\" role=\"link\" id=\"\" class=\"btn tertiary neo-px-4 neo-min-h-9 neo-min-w-13 neo-w-fit neo-gap-1 alphaspace-cta-glyph alphaspace-cta-glyph-2xs     yf-17a6rca\" data-ylk=\"elm:navcat;elmt:link;itc:1;sec:content-embed;slk:alphaspace-cta\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;navcat&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-embed&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;alphaspace-cta&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/plus\/alphaspace\/?.done=https%3A%2F%2Falphaspace.finance.yahoo.com%2F%3Fview%3Danalysis%26ticker%3DSPCX&amp;ncid=100003562\">     Go deeper with AlphaSpace   <\/a>    <\/p>\n<p> 146.03  -2.59  (-1.74%) <\/p>\n<p> At close: October 16 at 4:00:00 PM EDT  <\/p>\n<p> 145.35  -0.68  (-0.47%) <\/p>\n<p>  Pre-Market: 7:36:11 AM EDT                     <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\">There are currently about 73 million children under the age of 18 living in America, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau. 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