The SpaceX 4,400
The Ordinary Workers Who Own the Future In the flood of viral posts and headlines after SpaceX’s blockbuster IPO, one image cuts through the noise: hardworking Americans, janitors, cooks, and welders, standing tall beside the rockets they helped build, now minted as millionaires. It’s not mere meme fodder. It’s cultural shorthand for a truth that unsettles much of the modern political and media class. SpaceX’s public debut, valued around $1.77 trillion, did far more than pad one man’s paper wealth. It created generational wealth for roughly 4,400 current and former employees—welders, cafeteria workers, technicians, launch site staff, engineers, and support personnel…