The World's First Trillionaire Was Made Last Month. And Most Women Didn't Even Notice.

On June 12, 2026, the biggest IPO in history became one of the biggest money moments of our time. By the closing bell, Elon Musk was the world’s first trillionaire. Most women never even heard about it.

Not a billionaire. A trillionaire.

And somewhere that same week, you probably got an email, saw a post, or heard someone at dinner say: "Are you getting in on SpaceX?"

Maybe you felt a flicker. Excitement. Anxiety. That familiar voice that says: everyone else knows something I don't.

Or maybe you had no idea this even happened.

You weren't following the news. You weren't watching the markets. Life was full and this was somewhere in the background you hadn't gotten to yet.

Staying present to what's moving in the world is part of how we step into building real wealth. Not obsessively. But consciously.

A lot of us learned early to keep our eyes closed when it comes to money. To pull the blankets up and hope it sorts itself out. This blog is an invitation to do the opposite. To look. To understand. To be present to the moments that shape how money moves in the world.

Paying attention is how we meet opportunity. That's what we're practicing here.

First — what actually happened. And what does any of it mean?

Some of you know this story. Some of you don't. Either is fine. We're starting from the beginning.

Who is Elon Musk? You probably know him. Tesla. Twitter, now called X. The guy who talks about colonizing Mars. Love him or question him. He's impossible to ignore.

What is SpaceX? His rocket company. Founded in 2002. They build reusable rockets, run supply missions to the International Space Station, and operate Starlink, a satellite internet service now used by over 10 million people worldwide. Earlier this year, SpaceX also absorbed his AI company, xAI.

What is an IPO? Three words: Initial Public Offering. It's the moment a private company opens its doors and lets everyday people buy shares for the first time. Before June 12, only wealthy insiders could invest in SpaceX. The IPO changed that.

That's it. That's all you need to follow what happened next.

The hype was real. The numbers were staggering.

SpaceX set its share price at $135. It raised $75 billion on day one. The largest IPO in history. Demand topped $250 billion in orders. Some retail investors who applied for hundreds of shares received exactly one.

The stock opened at $150. Closed at $161. A 19% jump on the first day.

By June 16, it had hit $225.

Then it dropped to $147 by June 23.

As of today, July 3rd, it's sitting around $162.

That is a wild ride in eighteen days.

And here's the thing about IPOs. This is almost always how they go. The hype builds for months. The stock pops on opening day. Then reality sets in. Morningstar, one of the most respected research firms in the world, put their fair value estimate for SpaceX at $62. The IPO price was $135. That gap tells you something about how much of that early price was hype, not fundamentals.

This isn't unique to SpaceX. Facebook, Uber, Airbnb, Robinhood. Data shows that the majority of high-profile IPOs suffer significant drops in their first year. The pop is real. So is the correction.

Back to that trillionaire for a moment.

On the day SpaceX went public, Musk's net worth crossed $1 trillion. He is now worth more than the next five richest people on the planet combined.

His compensation is tied to two future milestones: a $7.5 trillion market cap for SpaceX and one million people living on Mars.

Now here's where it gets interesting.

Musk has spoken publicly for years about something he calls "universal high income." Not universal basic income, which you may have heard of. He goes further. He predicts that AI and robotics will eventually eliminate the need for most human work, and that everyone will have access to the best medical care, food, housing, and transportation. In his own words: "There will be no shortage of goods or services."

Universal high income, in plain language, means this: a future where AI does most of the work and everyone receives enough to live well, regardless of employment.

It's a remarkable vision. And on some level, I find myself moved by it.

And yet.

Musk is now worth more than the GDP of entire countries. Taiwan. Ireland. Sweden. He holds more personal wealth than most governments control. And the question that sits underneath all of it is this: in a world where one person accumulates a trillion dollars, and the vision is universal benefit for all, where does that money actually flow? Who funds it? How does it get from there to here?

I'm not here to answer that. These are not simple questions. But they are worth asking. Especially for us. Women who have spent years being told that wealth was not really ours to think about.

What is enough? And who decides how it moves?

Here's what this has to do with you.

Most women were never taught to invest. We were taught to save. To be careful. To wait until we knew enough. And somehow that moment never arrived.

So when a moment like SpaceX hits, it can trigger something layered. The FOMO. The anxiety of feeling behind. The sense that other people are moving and you're still standing at the starting line.

Some of you did get on the boat. You bought in during that first rush, caught up in the excitement, and now you're watching the stock sit at $162 when you paid closer to $200. That loss is real. And it's also one of the most common IPO stories in history. Buying at the peak of the hype, then watching the correction arrive. If that's you, you're not alone and you're not foolish. You were human in a very human moment.

Some of you watched from the sidelines and felt a different kind of sting. The sting of not knowing what was happening. Of feeling like the game was being played somewhere you couldn't see.

Both experiences point to the same thing. We need to be in the conversation. Not chasing every opportunity. But awake to them. Informed enough to make a grounded choice either way.

That activation, the FOMO, the urgency, the not-enough feeling? It isn't weakness. It's your nervous system doing exactly what it was built to do. When something feels big and everyone around you seems to be in motion, your body reads it as: don't get left behind.

And in that state, we don't make decisions. We react.

A regulated nervous system pauses and asks one question: is this a decision I'm making? Or a state I'm in?

That question is everything.

Growing wealth means investing. And investing means knowing yourself.

A savings account is a foundation. It is not a wealth-building strategy.

At some point, growing your money means putting it to work. In the market, in assets, in something beyond a savings rate. That's not reckless. That's how wealth actually builds over time.

But investing well requires two things most people only talk about one of. Yes, it requires financial literacy. Understanding what an IPO is, what a valuation means, why a stock drops after it peaks. 

It also requires knowing your own nervous system. Knowing what triggers your urgency. Knowing the difference between a grounded yes and a fear-based one.

SpaceX is a cultural moment. And cultural moments are where our patterns get exposed. The women who felt the most pulled toward this, who felt the anxiety of missing out, often carry something deeper underneath. A story about not having enough. About being late. About watching others move while you wonder what you're missing.

It's never just one thing.

The work is to understand the pattern. So next time the hype arrives, and it will, you're choosing. Not reacting.

Your next step

If this raised more questions than answers, good. That's where learning starts.

My free resource Money Coach in Your Pocket gives you guided prompts to think through financial decisions before your nervous system makes them for you. Practical. Grounded. Meets you where you are.

Download it here: brendastlouis.com/moneycoachinyourpocket

And if you want to look at the patterns underneath, the ones that show up every time money gets loud, let's talk.

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About Brenda St. Louis

Brenda St. Louis is a Certified Money Coach and Financial Therapist with over 20 years of experience helping women transform their relationship with money at the nervous system level. She blends financial literacy with emotional and somatic work, because real change happens when we address both the numbers and what lives underneath them.

Brenda has worked with women from all walks of life, from those living paycheck to paycheck to high-net-worth individuals who still feel like money is never quite enough. She is a co-author of the Amazon bestseller The Thought That Changed My Life Forever alongside Dr. Joe Dispenza, an international speaker, and the founder of BSL Financial Therapy.

Her work is grounded in one belief: a healthy relationship with money changes everything.

To learn more, visit brendastlouis.com.