Musk pledges SpaceX share to every child in the United States
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Elon Musk said Monday that he plans to give one SpaceX share to every child in the United States next year, though he did not explain how the distribution would work or specify eligibility requirements.
“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America,” Musk wrote on X, adding, “This will be the first of many.”
About 72 million people under age 18 lived in the United States as of July 2025, according to Census data cited by CNBC. At SpaceX’s Friday closing price of $146.03, a distribution of one share to each child would be worth about $10.5 billion. CNBC reported that an August SEC filing showed Musk owned about 4.8 billion SpaceX shares, or 6.4 billion including unvested awards and stock options.
Musk announced the pledge after Anthropic said it planned to commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, subject to shareholder approval. Anthropic said the fund could support nonprofit donations, direct distributions to specific groups and efforts addressing disruption from artificial intelligence. Responding to Anthropic’s announcement, Musk recommended giving shares “directly to the public” and said that was what he intended to do.
SpaceX had not provided further details about Musk’s proposed giveaway.
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