‘Time will tell whether that was a good bet’: My adviser got me a full SpaceX IPO allocation. Was I lucky?

“Investors frequently receive only a small fraction of the shares they request — if they receive any at all.”

The top 3

  1. Highest Valued Private Tech Companies Globally: As of July 2026, Anthropic leads as the most valuable private company at $965 billion, followed by OpenAI at $852 billion, and ByteDance at $480 billion.
  2. SpaceX's Valuation Among Public Tech Giants: SpaceX, which went public in June 2026, had an initial market capitalization of over $2 trillion, placing it among the world's most valuable companies, though its value has since fluctuated to around $1.5 to $1.6 trillion by late July 2026.
  3. Largest IPOs by Capital Raised in History: SpaceX's IPO in June 2026 was the largest in history, raising approximately $75 billion, surpassing the previous record held by Saudi Aramco.

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