According to reports, people familiar with the matter told the media that the stock sale of billionaire Musk's SpaceX company in the secondary market has been valued at $125 billion and will become the most valuable start-up company in the United States. Last October, SpaceX split its shares 10:1 and sold them for $56 A share. At that time, the rocket company was valued at $100 billion. The current share price is about $72, and the valuation of the company has jumped from last October.
A source who asked for anonymity said that new shares had not been issued in the secondary offering, but the company hinted to investors that new shares might be issued in the second half of this year.
Among the financial giant's stock sales, stripe is estimated to be more than US $115 billion, which may reach US $125 billion in the second time.
It is unclear how many shares of the company are available for sale. It is common for highly valued private companies to issue shares in the secondary market to introduce liquidity for early investors and employees.
According to media reports, CEO Elon Musk holds 44% of SpaceX and signed an agreement to buy twitter for $44 billion. The CEO of Tesla is also the CEO of Tesla. It is unclear whether musk is among the stock sellers.
SpaceX has yet to comment.
Regulatory documents show that in capital intensive industries, SpaceX raised $337.4 million last December and $1.16 billion through equity financing last April.
In the emerging field of commercial rocket investment, SpaceX competes with blue origin, the space company of Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon, and virgin galaxy, the billionaire Richard Branson.