--- title: "SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/289620017.md" description: "SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq at $150 per share, an 11% increase from its $135 IPO price. The stock surge was driven by oversubscription and a small public float. This listing marks one of venture capital's largest windfalls, with early investors seeing billions in gains. Elon Musk is now estimated to be the world's first trillionaire, and thousands of employees have become millionaires." datetime: "2026-06-12T16:00:38.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/289620017.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289620017.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/289620017.md) --- # SpaceX opens at $150, an 11% pop for the most anticipated debut in history SpaceX lifted off on its first day as a public company, immediately jumping to $150 a share after it began trading on the Nasdaq, around 11% higher than the $135 figure at which it officially priced its IPO on Thursday. The stock pop isn’t a surprise. The company’s IPO was oversubscribed by 4x, according to Bloomberg, meaning many institutional investors didn’t receive allocations and are likely buying shares on the open market. The demand for SpaceX is also a function of its small float, with only about 4% of shares available for public trading, while early investors and employees hold the rest. SpaceX also successfully lobbied a number of indexes (like the Nasdaq 100) to change their inclusion rules. The company will now join those indexes in a matter of days, not months, increasing demand for SpaceX stock before other large institutions and funds start automatically buying. The debut is also one of the largest windfalls in the history of venture capital. The returns to Founders Fund, which invested $600 million in the company and owns a 3% stake, are estimated at more than $50 billion at the IPO price of $135, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, Andreessen Horowitz’s stake is worth more than $10 billion and Sequoia’s is valued at over $20 billion. Debuting at $150 has most likely made founder Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire. The New York Times has reported that around 4,400 current and former SpaceX employees will become millionaires, while around 400 will become centimillionaires. ### Related Stocks - [SPCX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPCX.US.md) - [.IXIC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.IXIC.US.md) - [ONEQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/ONEQ.US.md) - [QQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQ.US.md) - [QQQM.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQM.US.md) - [QQEW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQEW.US.md) - [QQQE.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQE.US.md) - [TQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TQQQ.US.md) - [QLD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QLD.US.md) - [PSQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/PSQ.US.md) - [SQQQ.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SQQQ.US.md) - [QID.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QID.US.md) - [SPCH.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPCH.US.md) - [SPCF.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPCF.US.md) - [SPAL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPAL.US.md) - [SNK.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SNK.US.md) - [SSPC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SSPC.US.md) - [SPCU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/SPCU.US.md) - [.NDX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.NDX.US.md) - [NYT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NYT.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [What did SpaceX stock close at after its first day of trading?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289643703.md) - [SpaceX opens at $150 per share.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289619238.md) - [Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Put One Million Tons Of Payload In Orbit Within The Next Five Years](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289279226.md) - [SpaceX has left, but the money remains in California.](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289468865.md) - [BREAKINGVIEWS-SpaceX’s $2 trln lift-off inaugurates new IPO era](https://longbridge.com/en/news/289624101.md)