{"id":724491,"date":"2026-06-25T04:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T04:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T04:59:21","slug":"elon-musk-loses-trillionaire-status-as-tech-rout-hammers-tesla-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/724491\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk loses trillionaire status as tech rout hammers Tesla, SpaceX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Elon Musk delivers an inspiring speech at the SpaceX IPO event, sharing his initial doubts about the company&#8217;s success but emphasizing the importance of making life multi-planetary and creating an exciting future for everyone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elon Musk<\/a> is no longer worth more than $1 trillion, less than two weeks after becoming the first person to reach the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s net worth was valued at $946 billion as of Wednesday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/billionaires\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg Billionaires Index<\/a>. That is down from about $1.11 trillion less than 14 days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The drop came after shares of SpaceX and Tesla fell during a broader tech sell-off. Investors have become more cautious about the long-term profitability of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Musk remains the world\u2019s richest person by a wide margin. As of Wednesday, Larry Page ranked second at $296 billion, followed by Sergey Brin at $275 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/jeff-bezos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jeff Bezos<\/a> at $257 billion and Michael Dell at $223 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/spacex-ipo-elon-musk-trillionaire-net-worth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SPACEX MAKES HISTORIC DEBUT; MUSK SOLIDIFIES STATUS AS WORLD\u2019S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/elon-musk-wisconsin.jpg\" alt=\"elon musk in wisconsin\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Musk remains the world\u2019s richest person by a wide margin. (Robin Legrand\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/spacex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SpaceX priced<\/a> its IPO at $135 per share and began trading at $150 on June 12. The debut helped push Musk\u2019s net worth above $1 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>At the IPO price, the listing valued SpaceX at more than $1.77 trillion. Musk owned about 42% of the company, and his SpaceX stake, combined with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/tesla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Tesla holdings<\/a> and other assets, put his net worth at more than $1 trillion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/spacex-market-cap-soars-past-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MUSK&#8217;S SPACEX SURGES PAST AMAZON IN MARKET CAP AFTER HISTORIC IPO DEBUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spacex-ipo-nasdaq-opening-bell.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX executives ring the opening bell at the Nasdaq.\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer of SpaceX, center left, and Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, center, during the company&#8217;s IPO at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, on June 12, 2026 (Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX shares later rose as high as $225.64 on June 16. That lifted Musk\u2019s net worth to about $1.32 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>But the gains did not last. SpaceX shares fell more than 30% from their June peak during the tech sell-off. On June 22, the stock dropped 16%, wiping about $240 billion from Musk\u2019s fortune.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla shares fell nearly 6% the next day, adding to the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks In This Article: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/spacex-set-new-record-ipos-worlds-5-largest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">SPACEX SET A NEW RECORD FOR IPOS: THESE ARE THE WORLD&#8217;S 5 LARGEST<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/spacex-hawthorne.jpg\" alt=\"US SpaceX Hawthorne, CA\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A Tesla Cybertruck drives past a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket displayed outside a Space Exploration Technologies Corp. facility in Hawthorne, California, on June 8, 2026. (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Founded by Musk in 2002, SpaceX has grown into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/space-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">world&#8217;s largest space company<\/a> and a dominant force in commercial launch services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company pioneered reusable rocket technology, helping lower launch costs and reshape the economics of the space industry. It has also become a key contractor for NASA and the U.S. government through civil and national security missions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FOX Business&#8217; Bradford Betz and Eric Revell contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elon Musk delivers an inspiring speech at the SpaceX IPO event, sharing his initial doubts about the company&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-724491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724491","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=724491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}