If SpaceX Goes Public at $1.75T, Here Are the Biggest Winners

A $1.75 trillion valuation. That's not just a number — it would make SpaceX one of the most valuable companies ever listed, surpassing most of the world's largest corporations overnight.…

By Hardik Dhamija

March 1, 2026

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A $1.75 trillion valuation. That’s not just a number — it would make SpaceX one of the most valuable companies ever listed, surpassing most of the world’s largest corporations overnight. And for those who bet early, the returns are nothing short of extraordinary.

The Investors Who Turned Millions Into Billions

Here’s exactly who wins — and by how much — if SpaceX hits that $1.75T IPO valuation.

Investor	Amount Invested	Year	Estimated Stake	Potential Payout
Elon Musk	$100M	2002	42%	$735B
Alphabet (Google)	$900M	2015	6–7%	$105B – $122.5B
Fidelity Investments	$100M	2015	2–3%	$35B – $52.5B
Founders Fund (Thiel)	$20M	2008	1.5–3%	$26.25B – $52.5B
Baillie Gifford	$273M	2018	1–1.5%	$17.5B – $26.25B
Valor Equity Partners	$76M+	2008	1.3%	$22.75B
Bank of America	$250M	2018	0.5–0.8%	$8.75B – $14B
Andreessen Horowitz	$750M	2023	0.5%	$8.75B

The Numbers That Put This in Perspective

Elon Musk’s $100M bet in 2002 — made when SpaceX was literally a dream on paper — could return $735 billion. That’s a 7,350x return. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund put in just $20M and could walk away with over $52B. Even Alphabet’s $900M strategic play from 2015 is looking at a 135x return at the top end.

Andreessen Horowitz joined latest and stands to gain the least proportionally — but an $8.75B return on $750M is still a remarkable outcome by any standard. As TechnoSports has noted, SpaceX’s trajectory mirrors no other private company in history.

What makes this story unique isn’t just the scale — it’s that every single investor on this list is in the green, massively. No losers. Only degrees of winning.

SpaceX hasn’t confirmed an IPO date, but at $1.75T, the waiting would’ve been very much worth it.