Prospectus for tycoon’s sprawling empire reveals his plan to keep control – and ambition to colonise Mars

Details from the SpaceX IPO registration statement are leaking out and 200 million super-voting restricted shares are on the line for Musk, if he can hit certain milestones.

SpaceX filed plans to take the company public in paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission, offering rare insight into the finances of the aerospace giant owned by Elon Musk, whose compensation plan—and massive voting power—to establish a colony on Mars worried one analyst.

Elon Musk announced his company SpaceX is shifting its focus from colonizing Mars to building a city on the moon. Musk stated that establishing a human presence on the moon is more feasible in the short term than on Mars. The new plan aligns more closely ...

What Elon Musk really wants out of the SpaceX I.P.O.: the funds to control the highly profitable earnings potential of low-Earth orbit.

SpaceX is eyeing a valuation of around $1.75 trillion in its blockbuster IPO planned for next week, according to people familiar with the matter.

SpaceX targets $135 IPO price with Elon Musk keeping 82.4% of company voting power - SpaceX stock is expected to be available on the Nasdaq beginning June 12