In a post on X, Musk wrote that he would give “one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America” and that it would be “the first of many.” Business Insider reported that, based on roughly 72 million children in the US and SpaceX’s current share price, the pledge would amount to about $10.5 billion in stock.
That number keeps this from reading like a throwaway billionaire flourish, even if for now it is still just that: a social-media statement with almost all of the important details missing. Musk did not say how the giveaway would work or who would qualify.
Business Insider noted that the idea echoes the Trump administration’s “Trump Accounts” initiative, which gives eligible children investment accounts and a $1,000 federal seed deposit for those born between 2025 and 2028. It was not immediately clear whether Musk’s proposed giveaway would use those accounts or some separate structure.
SpaceX, founded by Musk in 2002, is one of the world’s most valuable private companies, with Starlink, launch services and spacecraft programs under its umbrella. So the headline lands somewhere between populist spectacle and a very expensive test of whether an enormous promise can become something more precise than a post.
Business Insider also reported that SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and her husband had earlier pledged SpaceX shares for more than 2 million children, while Musk had not publicly committed his own shares before this. What he has added is scale: not millions of children, but all of them.
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