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JVL (Jonathan V. Last)

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
409 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

They said the rebalance will only occur at the scheduled quarterly rebalancings, which for SpaceX, based on when they're going to debut, will be December 18, I believe.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Now, if you recall, when Milan first announced

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

brought up the idea of doing this IPO.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

He was like, yeah, mid June, because then the Venus is in the house of Mars.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And he gave like some stupid cockamamie astrological.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

No, that's not why he's doing the IPO in June.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

The reason he's doing the IPO in June is because, so when this IPO happens, they will have a certain percentage of stock, which is for sale.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And then the people who are holding stock preexisting on the private market, we're in what's called a lockup period where they can't sell.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

That lockup period is going to end a few days before the quarterly rebalancing on December 18th, which means that for five months, we will have an artificially very high valuation for SpaceX shares before the rebalancing brings those shares back to back to Earth.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Elon and all his friends will get to sell.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

Right.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

The lockup period for them will end.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And I mean, it's just a fucking bank heist.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

It's, it's an insane thing.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And this is, I would say I've always thought that Elon has one true genius, which is that he understands how to use his chip stack.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

You know, he understands that he has so much money that,

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

The money actually begins to act like its own asset in ways which are different as a class, different as a category.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And it allows him to do shit like this.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

And when this is all done, he's going to be worth at least a trillion and a half dollars.

The Bulwark Podcast
Jonathan V. Last: We Got a Billionaire Problem

He'll be halfway to his second trillion when this is over, Tim.