High-profile figures including Larry Ellison, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, and Jack Dorsey held stakes in SpaceX during its IPO.

The entities involved

• SpaceX →

  American private aerospace company

  • The UK defence ministry has adopted and begun using SpaceX's Starshield and Starlink services.Mon 17:54
  • Starship tests are currently being conducted, involving the vehicle's return to Earth.Mon 16:52
• Larry Ellison →

  American internet entrepreneur and businessman (born 1944)

  • Elon Musk's net worth surpassed that of Alphabet co-founder Larry Page, reaching $780 billion according to Forbes.Sun 23:02
  • The corporate fallout from the Paramount Skydance merger is underway, involving Ellison's controversial reforms at CBS News, leadership resignations, and the influence of Trump ties.Wed 00:06
• Jack Dorsey →

  American software entrepreneur and co-founder of Twitter

  Nothing else this week.

Related events

• SpaceX has gone public via an IPO on the Nasdaq exchange, with Gwynne Shotwell leading the company as president.Jun 12
• SpaceX successfully led a company through a massive IPO on Nasdaq, filed expansion plans with the SEC, and launched Starlink satellites into orbit.Jun 12
• Elon Musk funded Donald Trump's re-election campaign, while SpaceX held its IPO on Nasdaq, and Musk clashed with Keir Starmer.Jun 15
• SpaceX is undergoing IPO due diligence, with Elon Musk holding key executive roles and filing the S-1 prospectus with the SEC.Jun 11
• Anthropic aims to surpass SpaceX's IPO valuation, providing financial data to Bloomberg News.Sep 7