en.Wedoany.com Reported - The upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs) of SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI are expected to create over 20 new billionaires and turn approximately 16,000 people into millionaires, according to estimates from a survey conducted by consulting firm Sacra for The New York Times (NYT). These billionaires include current and former employees of the three companies, who will sell shares on the market after the lock-up period expires.
SpaceX's IPO will not only make Elon Musk the first trillionaire in human history, but its President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell, whose shares are valued at $2 billion, will also join the billionaire ranks. According to Sacra's data, the listings of Anthropic and OpenAI will also generate a large number of millionaires and billionaires. OpenAI was valued at $852 billion in its latest funding round in March, while Anthropic reached a valuation of $965 billion in May. OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman revealed during testimony last month that his stake in the company is valued at approximately $30 billion. Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei's net worth is estimated at around $8 billion.
The listing boom of these three companies is closely linked to the investment frenzy in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). Investors, eager not to miss out on this technological wave seen as a new industrial revolution, are willing to invest huge sums and accept high valuations. Companies are heavily investing to compete for leadership, with the combined total investment of Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle expected to reach $700 billion in 2026. U.S. government data shows that monthly spending on data center construction in the U.S. reached $50 billion in April.
The valuations of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic reflect the inflationary effect of AI on the tech market. For comparison, when it went public in 2012, Meta, then known as Facebook, raised $16 billion at a valuation of $104 billion, setting a record at the time. Sheryl Sandberg, then the company's Chief Operating Officer, amassed approximately $73 million in wealth from her 0.07% stake. According to Sacra's calculations, if Sandberg held the same percentage of shares in SpaceX—a company that has remained private for 24 years—her wealth would be approximately $1.2 billion.
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