Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, stood with colleagues at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Friday, June 12, 2026, as the company marked its first day as a public business. Within hours, the SpaceX IPO had turned one of the world's most closely watched private companies into a $2.1 trillion public-market giant. Shares opened around midday at $150, rose to about $168, and ended the day just below $161, according to the Associated Press .