SpaceX IPO: banks mull staged insider sales to blunt post-listing sell-off
SpaceX’s IPO could be the largest ever, valued around $2 trillion with up to $75 billion potentially raised for Elon Musk, but bankers fear a flood of post-offering selling as insiders cash out. One proposed fix is a gradual, threshold-driven release of insider stock—potentially over $1 trillion across months—rather than a single cliff at the standard 180-day lock-up. SpaceX’s unusually small float (less than 5%) and long fundraising history heighten selling pressure, a concern echoed for OpenAI and Anthropic as they eye trillion-dollar IPOs. The article notes precedents like Alibaba, Datadog, and Beyond Meat in shaping lock-up strategies, though SpaceX did not comment.
