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Elon Musk delivers an inspiring speech at the SpaceX IPO event, sharing his initial doubts about the company’s success but emphasizing the importance of making life multi-planetary and creating an exciting future for everyone.<\/p>\n
Elon Musk’s SpaceX debuted on the public market on Friday, raising $75 billion in what was the largest IPO in history.<\/p>\n
SpaceX’s IPO more than doubled the previous IPO record and provides the company with capital to help finance what Musk explained on a pre-IPO livestream with JPMorgan Chase will be a “significant growth phase” as it ramps up the deployment of its Starlink communications satellites and looks to build artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in space.<\/p>\n
The IPO is the first of several highly anticipated IPOs that are expected to occur later this year, with a pair of companies at the forefront of the AI boom \u2013 ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and Anthropic \u2013 taking steps toward a debut.<\/p>\n
SPACEX MAKES HISTORIC DEBUT; MUSK SOLIDIFIES STATUS AS WORLD’S FIRST TRILLIONAIRE<\/p>\n
SpaceX employees rang the Nasdaq’s opening bell as the company debuted with a record IPO on June 12, 2026. (Michael Nagle\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
It remains to be seen whether those looming IPOs will break the new record set by SpaceX, but here’s a look at the four other IPOs that round out the list of the five largest in history:<\/p>\n
Saudi Aramco <\/p>\n
SpaceX’s IPO more than doubled Saudi Aramco’s previous IPO record. (Hamad I Mohammed\/Reuters)<\/p>\n
Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company went public in December 2019, with the deal initially raising $25.6 billion in capital after listing on the Saudi stock exchange.<\/p>\n
That amount grew to about $29.4 billion after Saudi Aramco and its underwriters exercised an over-allotment option \u2013 also known as a greenshoe option \u2013 that allowed Aramco to issue more shares due to the high level of demand from investors.<\/p>\n
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Alibaba <\/p>\n
Several of the largest IPOs had such strong demand that underwriters offered more shares shortly after the debut. (Qilai Shen\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba went public in September 2014 with a $21.8 billion capital raise, which ranked as the largest at the time.<\/p>\n
As with the Saudi Aramco IPO, intense demand prompted Alibaba’s underwriters to use an option to issue more shares that boosted the total amount raised to $25 billion. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n
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SoftBank <\/p>\n
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said in December 2024 that his firm would invest $100 billion in the U.S. with the goal of creating 100,000 new jobs. (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Japan-based communications provider SoftBank debuted in December 2018 with a $21.3 billion IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.<\/p>\n
The company’s parent, SoftBank Group, is a major tech investor around the world and has made notable investments in U.S. AI companies and chipmakers. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son said in December 2024 that his firm would invest $100 billion in the U.S. with the goal of creating 100,000 new jobs.<\/p>\n
Agricultural Bank of China <\/p>\n
An Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. branch in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 6, 2026. (Raul Ariano\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The 2010 IPO of the Agricultural Bank of China was the world’s largest at the time, totaling an initial $20.8 billion \u2013 though that figure later grew to $22.1 billion when it issued more shares on exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai through a dual-listing.<\/p>\n
The firm is one of the largest financial institutions in China in terms of assets and customers, serving as the primary bank for Chinese agricultural businesses.<\/p>\n
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