Musk says he will give one SpaceX share to each U.S. child in 2027

Musk’s X post and the pledge

24/7 Wall St. reports that Elon Musk posted on X saying he will give one of his personal SpaceX shares to every child in the United States next year. In the post, Musk said the gift would be “the first of many,” according to the article. The source describes the statement as coming directly from Musk’s own account, and therefore as a personal pledge rather than a company or government action.

Estimated value and scale

The article says Sawyer Merritt, a widely followed markets commentator on X, estimated the total value of the pledge at $10.5 billion. That estimate is based on about 72 million American children. 24/7 Wall St. says the implied value per share is in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, reflecting SpaceX’s private-company valuation.

Possible use of Trump Accounts

According to Merritt, the shares would presumably be delivered through Trump Accounts. The article says these accounts have drawn policy attention as a way to give minors exposure to capital markets. It adds that, if the routing is confirmed, the plan would raise regulatory and financial-account questions because it would shift the gesture into a structure with policy implications.

Open questions about ownership and trading

24/7 Wall St. notes that SpaceX is privately held, so the millions of new minority holders would not be able to trade the shares on an exchange. The article says the public record does not yet explain how transfer, custody, or future liquidity would work for the accounts. It identifies those unanswered questions as the main issue to watch as more details become available.