Twitter Investors' $100B Stake Worth Nearly $1 Trillion After SpaceX IPO Filing, Nearly 200% Returns Since 2022

According to Beating monitoring, external investors who contributed approximately $100 billion to Elon Musk’s $440 billion Twitter acquisition in 2022 stand to nearly triple their money through two strategic mergers. In March 2025, Musk merged AI firm xAI (valued at $80 billion) with X (valued at $440 billion including debt); in February 2026, the combined entity merged into SpaceX. SpaceX has confidentially filed for an IPO expected in June at a valuation exceeding $2 trillion. Post-merger, Twitter shareholders hold approximately 5% of SpaceX worth roughly $100 billion—representing returns approaching 200% on their original investment, according to Beating. If SpaceX achieves its target valuation at IPO, investors like Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and Gerber Kawasaki CEO Ross Gerber expect final returns of 2.5 to 7 times their initial capital.