{"id":888082,"date":"2026-10-19T20:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888082\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:34:11","slug":"elon-musk-says-hes-giving-spacex-stock-to-every-kid-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/888082\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says he&#8217;s giving SpaceX stock to every kid in America"},"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 proposed gift, but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-10-19\/musk-says-he-will-gift-spacex-shares-to-every-kid-in-america\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bloomberg%20report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:3;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bloomberg report&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;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\">Bloomberg report<\/a> indicated he could use Trump Accounts as the vehicle for his stock donations.  <\/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 morning 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> 147.96  +1.93  (+1.32%) <\/p>\n<p> At close: 4:00:01 PM EDT  <\/p>\n<p> 148.41  +0.45  (+0.30%) <\/p>\n<p>  After hours: 4:33:40 PM 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 18 living in the US, according to the latest Census Bureau data. That number goes down to about 18.5 million for newborns up to 4 years old.  <\/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;\">SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell has already pledged a personal donation of more than $320 million in SpaceX stock to fund Trump Accounts for more than 2 million children.  <\/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\/author\/brian-sozzi\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brian%20Sozzi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:5;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brian Sozzi&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brian Sozzi<\/a> is Yahoo Finance&#8217;s Executive Editor, host of the <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/videos\/series\/sozzi-unleashed\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sozzi%20Unleashed;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:6;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Sozzi Unleashed&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sozzi Unleashed<\/a> morning show and the <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/videos\/series\/power-players\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Power%20Players%20with%20Brian%20Sozzi;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;cpos:7;pos:1;source:content-canvas%20default\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Power Players with Brian Sozzi&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yTrafficOrigin&quot;:&quot;content-canvas default&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Power Players with Brian Sozzi<\/a> podcast, and a member of Yahoo Finance&#8217;s editorial leadership team. 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