SpaceX has some of the world's biggest investors on board. Meet 10 of its top shareholders.

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Jensen Huang's Nvidia ranks among SpaceX's largest shareholders. Philip FONG / AFP via Getty Images

Some of SpaceX's biggest shareholders have officially revealed themselves.

Elon Musk's maker of satellites and rockets disclosed its shareholders with at least a 5% stake ahead of its blockbuster IPO in June. But stockholders below that threshold weren't identified.

However, second-quarter portfolio filings have shed light on several previously unknown investors in the $2 trillion company.

Here are 10 of the largest shareholders of SpaceX as of June 30, based on a Business Insider analysis of regulatory disclosures:

Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Reuters

No surprises here. Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, owns roughly 6.42 billion shares, or about 49% of the company.

Massive stakes in SpaceX and Tesla have made Musk by far the world's wealthiest person. His net worth stood at $860 billion at Wednesday's close, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Alphabet

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is raising his hands.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Bloomberg/Getty Images

Alphabet — the parent company of Google, Waymo, YouTube, and Android — owns around 551 million shares. The roughly 4.2% stake was worth $94 billion at the end of June.

The tech titan bet $900 million on SpaceX back in 2015, meaning it's likely made a huge return on its investment.

Valor Equity Partners

Antonio Gracias

Antonio Gracias is the founder and CEO of Valor Equity Partners. Bloomberg/Getty Images

Valor Equity Partners, a private equity and venture capital firm, reported 503.4 million shares for a 3.8% stake in SpaceX. That position was worth $86 billion on June 30.

Valor is run by Antonio Gracias, a trusted Musk ally for the past 25 years.

"Antonio's ownership stems from absolute support, even when it looked like SpaceX would fail, and many investments over 2 decades," Musk posted on X in June. "One could not ask for a better friend."

Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, gestures as he speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida.

Peter Thiel cofounded PayPal, Palantir, and Founders Fund. Marco Bello/Getty Images

Peter Thiel, through his Founders Fund and related entities, holds 427.3 million shares of SpaceX, representing a roughly 3.2% stake. The holding was valued at $73 billion on June 30.

Thiel cofounded PayPal with Musk and has long been one of his staunchest allies and supporters.

Fidelity Investments

Abigail Johnson

Abigail Johnson is the CEO of Fidelity. Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Fidelity Investments reported 302.6 million shares held across its funds, representing about a 2.3% stake in SpaceX. That was valued at around $52 billion at the end of June.

One of the world's largest asset managers and online brokerages, Fidelity's offerings span mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and retirement accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs.

CEO Abigail Johnson's family founded the privately held financial giant.

Gigafund

Crowd watches a Times Square Nasdaq billboard displaying SpaceX footage with Elon Musk and caption text.

Gigafund is a venture capital firm. IPO

Gigafund, founded by PayPal cofounder Luke Nosek and Founders Fund veteran Stephen Oskoui, owns 171.8 million shares, a roughly 1.3% stake. That was worth $29.4 billion on June 30.

The Texas-based venture capital firm specializes in multi-decade, concentrated investments in transformative physical-world technology companies. SpaceX is its largest holding.

Public Investment Fund

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP via Getty Images

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund holds 154.2 million shares of SpaceX, giving it about a 1.2% stake in the Starlink maker. The position was valued at $26.3 billion at the end of June.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has spearheaded efforts to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil, in part by investing in foreign tech companies.

Baron Capital

Ron Baron

Ron Baron is the founder of Baron Capital. NYSE

Baron Capital, a New York-based asset manager, owns 145.8 million shares, or around a 1.1% stake in SpaceX. That was worth just under $25 billion at June's close.

Its founder, billionaire investor Ron Baron, has been a vocal supporter of Musk for years and a prominent investor in Tesla and SpaceX.

D1 Capital Partners

Daniel Sundheim

Daniel Sundheim is the founder and chief investor of D1. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

D1 Capital Partners, a global investment firm based in New York, owns 126 million shares or about 1% of SpaceX. Its stake was valued at $21.5 billion at the end of June.

Under Daniel Sundheim, formerly of Viking Global Investors, D1 makes long-term investments across public and private markets.

Nvidia

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pictured.

Jensen Huang is the founder and CEO of Nvidia. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Nvidia, the AI chipmaker and the world's most valuable company, owns 122.8 million shares of SpaceX, or about a 0.9% stake. That was worth almost $21 billion on June 30.

CEO Jensen Huang has sung Musk's praises in recent years, hailing his companies as revolutionary.

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Theron Mohamed is a London-based correspondent on the International team at Business Insider. His coverage spans finance, investing, wealth, markets, and the economy.Theron joined BI in 2019 as a reporter at Markets Insider and rose to the rank of correspondent before moving to the Trending team then the broader International team. He previously covered tech, media, and telecom stocks for Investors Chronicle magazine and had a brief stint on the Financial Times' Data team. He interned at the Wall Street Journal in New York where he primarily wrote for Heard on the Street.Theron has freelanced for The Independent, The Telegraph, WIRED, and several smaller publications. He holds an undergraduate degree in geography from the London School of Economics, and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.Theron often covers Warren Buffett, Michael Burry, and other elite investors. He also writes about the world's wealthiest people and shares financial advice from all manner of rich and successful people.Email Theron at [email protected] and follow him on X @theron_mohamed.

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