{"id":708056,"date":"2026-06-16T19:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708056\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T19:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:46:09","slug":"inside-elon-musks-private-spacex-ipo-celebration-after-becoming-worlds-first-trillionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/708056\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Elon Musk\u2019s private SpaceX IPO celebration after becoming world’s first trillionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"

He was over the moon!<\/p>\n

Newly minted trillionaire<\/a> Elon Musk marked SpaceX\u2019s stellar IPO with the employees who helped steer the mission. <\/p>\n

\u201cElon celebrated the IPO at Starbase last Friday,\u201d a source told Page Six, referring to SpaceX\u2019s rocket launch facility in southern Texas.<\/p>\n

Elon Musk (above) celebrated becoming the first-ever trillionaire at Starbase in southern Texas last Friday, a source told Page Six. Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s low-key a man of the people and wants to chill with other engineers,\u201d the source said of Musk (seen above after SpaceX\u2019s record-breaking IPO Friday). Ron Adar \/ M10s \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s low-key a man of the people and wants to chill with other engineers,\u201d the source added, explaining that Musk wanted to be with the people who helped launch the company\u2019s success. <\/p>\n

The Tesla founder, 52, was photographed with siblings Kimball and Tosca Musk at the festivities, according to a post on X.<\/a><\/p>\n

That night, several SpaceX executives toasted their achievements at ritzy members club Zero Bond in NoHo, where we\u2019re told there was plenty of glamour and entertainment. Prior to that, they partied at the JP Morgan Headquarters. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, employees of xAI, a subsidiary of the rocket company, gathered for cocktails and dancing at The Yacht Club in Chelsea.<\/p>\n

SpaceX began trading on the Nasdaq last Friday. Christopher Sadowski for NY Post<\/p>\n

Musk (seen here in May) has been the richest person in the world for years. Getty Images<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for SpaceX did not immediately respond to Page Six for comment. <\/p>\n

Musk became the world\u2019s first trillionaire last Friday after SpaceX\u2019s historic public debut became the largest IPO in Wall Street history.<\/p>\n

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That day, the company began trading on the Nasdaq, closing the day at $161.11\u201419% higher than its IPO target price of $135 and valuing the company at more than $2 trillion. <\/p>\n

The staggering feat secured SpaceX\u2019s spot as the sixth most valuable company in the world. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what SpaceX is all about \u2014 it\u2019s to take the fiction out of science fiction and create an exciting, inspiring future for everyone,\u201d Musk said after ringing a ceremonial stock market bell at Starbase. <\/p>\n

He then told the public, \u201cSpaceX wants to be able to take you to the moon, take you to Mars and ultimately beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tesla founder (above) said SpaceX wants to \u201ctake you to the moon, take you to Mars and ultimately beyond.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

Musk (seen here in 2004) founded SpaceX in 2002. Getty Images<\/p>\n

SpaceX shares have continued to soar,<\/a> jumping nearly 20% Monday in its first full day of trading. <\/p>\n

The aerospace powerhouse, founded in 2002 by Musk, designs rockets, spacecraft and satellite internet systems and has a long-term goal of enabling humans to live on other planets. <\/p>\n

Musk remains the richest person in the world, followed by Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in second and third place, respectively. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ranks fourth, while Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg rounds out the top five.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He was over the moon! Newly minted trillionaire Elon Musk marked SpaceX\u2019s stellar IPO with the employees who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[91,11,186,6199,79,193,1513],"class_list":["post-708056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-celebrity-news","tag-elon-musk","tag-exclusive","tag-ipo","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}