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Elon Musk’s SpaceX success shows how he’s sharing the wealth, not playing Monopoly

Juan Hernandez took a welder job and stock grant at a company he didn't know, and now teaches investing to his kids

By Carol Roth Fox News

Published June 22, 2026 5:00am EDT

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SpaceX IPO makes history as Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire

‘Saturday in America’ host Kayleigh McEnany discusses SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO and Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire on ‘Fox & Friends Weekend.’

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With the IPO of SpaceX (formally Space Exploration Technologies Corp; $SPCX) June 12, there has been endless commentary on Elon Musk’s status as the world’s first U.S.-dollar trillionaire. But in my eyes, his greatest accomplishment in wealth creation is not what he has done for his own wealth, but what he has done for others.

It’s been reported that in going public, SpaceX has created wealth not just for Musk, but for many employees. In fact, it is estimated that going public has made millionaires (at least on paper) of more than 4,000 SpaceX employees, which includes not just high-level executives,........

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