Early SpaceX Investor Predicts Tesla-SpaceX Merger After IPO as Musk Seeks 85.1% Control
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
Early SpaceX Investor Predicts Tesla-SpaceX Merger After IPO as Musk Seeks 85.1% Control
13 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 28
Peter Diamandis said a Tesla-SpaceX tie-up after SpaceX’s IPO is inevitable, framing the timing—not the logic of a merger—as the main open question.
The rationale, he said on Bloomberg Television Wednesday, is Elon Musk’s push to consolidate control across his companies and import SpaceX-style voting power to Tesla.
At SpaceX, Musk held 85.1% control before the IPO filing, while Tesla’s public-company structure does not give him comparable super-voting rights.
The call points to governance—not operations—as the central driver of any future deal, with a SpaceX listing seen as the prerequisite step.
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