Who Controls SpaceX
SpaceX has a dual-class share structure. Buying SPCX on the open market gets you Class A economic exposure — but not proportional control.
Voting power, by class
| Class | Shares | Votes/share | Total votes | Share of votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class A (public, SPCX) | 7.70B | 1 | 7.70B | 12.3% |
| Class B (insider-held) | 5.49B | 10 | 54.85B | 87.7% |
Class A shares — the ones that trade as SPCX — carry 1 vote each. Class B carries 10. Class B is roughly 41.6% of total shares outstanding but controls roughly 87.7% of total votes. Buying Class A stock gives you real economic ownership — dividends (if any are ever declared) and a share of the company's value — but almost none of the say over how it's run.
Founder & CEO
Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 and remains its CEO — the one confirmed fact from SpaceX's own company profile about who sits at the top. This site doesn't report a specific insider ownership percentage, because no source available to us breaks that down; SEC proxy filings (DEF 14A), once SpaceX files one as a public company, would be the place to find it.
What this page doesn't cover
Pre-IPO strategic and financial backers, share lock-up terms, and a full beneficial-ownership table aren't included here — this session found no live, citable source for them (Sacra's Company API, checked 2026-08-12, has no investor list for SpaceX). We'd rather leave this section thin than guess. Check SpaceX's SEC filings directly for the definitive picture.