Elon Musk To Give SpaceX Share Worth $146 To 72 Million US Children

Elon Musk says he’ll give a SpaceX share to every child in America next year.

According to CBN, SpaceX boss Elon Musk said Monday that he’ll give one of his shares in the company to every child in the U.S. next year.

Musk currently owns about 4.8 billion SpaceX shares, according to an August SEC filing. That figure rises to 6.4 billion when taking into account unvested awards and stock options, representing a 48.4% beneficial stake in the company.

There were 72 million children under 18 in the U.S. as of July 1, 2025, according to official census data, CBN noted.

That would amount to the CEO giving away about $10.5 billion worth of shares, taking into account SpaceX’s closing stock price of $146.03 as of Friday.

“This will be the first of many,” Musk said in a post on X, without providing further details on how the share giveaway would happen.

Musk’s post came hot on the heels of Anthropic revealing that it plans to commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, with the stake potentially increasing as the company’s valuation grows.

In response to an Anthropic post on X about the fund on Sunday, Musk replied, “I recommend giving the shares directly to the public,” and added that’s what he’d be doing, CBN reports.

Musk’s financial giving has been in the news in recent weeks primarily for his political contributions. The Tesla CEO has spent more than $276 million in donations to Republican groups since July, making him the biggest known donor of the 2026 midterm election, according to CNBC which was monitored by CBN.