Elon Musk's close friend may have gained over $100 billion in wealth from SpaceX IPO, with related-party transactions sparking governance controversy

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Deep Tide TechFlow News. On May 25, according to Fortune magazine, Elon Musk’s close friend and Valor Equity Partners founder Antonio Gracias may stand to gain more than $100 billion in wealth from a SpaceX IPO. It is reported that Valor collectively holds more than 500 million shares of SpaceX Class A stock. If SpaceX were to list at the market-reported valuation of $1.75 trillion to $2 trillion, the value of its holdings could reach $90 billion to $140 billion.

Meanwhile, the approximately $20 billion related-party transaction between SpaceX and Valor has also sparked corporate governance controversy. Documents show that xAI-related subsidiaries under SpaceX previously signed three GPU infrastructure lease agreements with Valor, and all of them were covered by payment guarantees provided by SpaceX. PwC, the auditing firm, believes the substance of the transaction is more akin to a loan rather than a normal sale-and-leaseback, and therefore requested that approximately $9 billion in related debt be recorded on SpaceX’s balance sheet.

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