An Intern Disobeyed His Parents and Joined SpaceX in 2011. Following Its Historic IPO, He and Thousands of Other Employees Are Now Millionaires

Today’s record-shattering IPO has created a lot of wealth for a lot of people–Elon Musk foremost among them.

BY BRIAN CONTRERAS, STAFF WRITER @_B_CONTRERAS_

Bret Johnsen, chief financial officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), center, and Gwynne Shotwell, president of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), center right, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Friday, June 12, 2026. Photo: Getty Images

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