Elon just created 4,400 millionaires in a single day. 400 of them are now worth over $100 million.

These aren't VCs. They're SpaceX employees, and the list includes welders, technicians, and cafeteria staff... - Shruti@heyshrutimishra

...because for two decades the company paid every level of the workforce in stock instead of higher salaries... 

The most telling detail came before the listing. 

• Over 100 employees quietly banded together and negotiated a group wealth management deal covering up to $5 billion, because none of them had ever needed a wealth manager before. 

Software IPOs have minted millionaires for 30 years. 

• This is the first one where the money went to the factory floor.