{"text":[[{"start":9.9,"text":"Hedge fund D1 Capital Partners is expected to be among the biggest winners next month from SpaceX’s public listing, one of a handful of firms on Wall Street that are in line for windfalls."}],[{"start":22.55,"text":"Dan Sundheim’s firm will have a stake worth about $20bn if the rocketmaker is valued at the expected $1.75tn, a figure that could still change, according to people familiar with the matter. "}],[{"start":35.3,"text":"D1 is among a small number of hedge funds that invested early in one of Elon Musk’s most valuable businesses, long before a public listing seemed possible."}],[{"start":44.699999999999996,"text":"Musk is targeting a listing next month to coincide with his birthday, a rare alignment of planets and ahead of the 250th anniversary of the US on July 4. While figures are still in flux, the rocket company has discussed raising about $75bn through the IPO."}],[{"start":61.8,"text":"Sundheim’s firm first invested in SpaceX in 2020, when the company was valued at about $36bn, according to an investor letter seen by the FT. Its holding in the company makes up a significant proportion of its total assets and has been a huge contributor to returns. The fund currently manages about $35bn."}],[{"start":81.5,"text":"Sundheim told investors last year that he did not intend to sell any of its holdings “despite very substantial inbound interest”, according to the letter."}],[{"start":91.05,"text":"The intensely private hedge fund Darsana Capital Partners is also positioned to make billions. Founded by Anand Desai in 2014, the firm first invested in SpaceX in 2019, when Musk’s company was valued at about $33bn. The Wall Street Journal first reported Darsana’s expected payday."}],[{"start":111.94999999999999,"text":"The firm took part in several more financing rounds, including buying shares from employees who wanted to cash out via tender offers. "}],[{"start":121.29999999999998,"text":"Its stake later expanded because of an earlier investment in X. Musk combined the social media platform with his AI lab xAI, which then merged with SpaceX. "}],[{"start":131.89999999999998,"text":"The New York-based hedge fund is expected to own about $15bn in SpaceX if the company reaches its expected $1.75tn valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. "}],[{"start":144.84999999999997,"text":"That figure does not include indirect exposure it has to the company through investments in EchoStar, which struck a spectrum licences deal with SpaceX that included payment in the rocket group’s shares."}],[{"start":157.14999999999998,"text":"If successful, the blockbuster IPO will also deliver an unprecedented windfall to a host of venture capital firms, mutual funds and other investors who have poured money into the rocket maker since it was founded almost 25 years ago. "}],[{"start":172.7,"text":"SpaceX’s growth has accelerated over the past five years thanks to the success of satellite internet service Starlink, which contributed to more than half of the group’s $18.7bn in revenue last year, and its rocket launch business."}],[{"start":187,"text":"Musk has also juiced SpaceX’s headline valuation, which has surged from $400bn less than a year ago to $1.25tn today, via the series of deals with X and xAI."}],[{"start":200.1,"text":"In recent weeks, he has also obtained the right to buy coding start-up Cursor for $60bn and struck a deal to lease surplus computing power to AI group Anthropic. That arrangement could boost revenues by around $5bn a year, according to one investor in the company."}],[{"start":215.79999999999998,"text":"Musk is betting the next stage of the company’s growth on building data centres in space, which he claims could meet AI companies’ high demand for computing resources without having to contend with the barriers that stymie terrestrial development."}],[{"start":230.1,"text":"While hedge funds are typically known for investments in publicly traded assets, more pushed into private markets beginning in 2020 as a way to boost returns and have a financial interest in a growing number of businesses that have opted to stay private for longer."}],[{"start":244.75,"text":"One adviser described the industry’s exposure to SpaceX as a sign of how the lines on Wall Street have increasingly “started to blur” between private equity, venture capital and hedge funds."}],[{"start":256.35,"text":"If successful, Musk’s IPO would be one of the biggest vindications yet for hedge funds’ bets on investing early in private companies. The funds will then have to navigate the delicate act of selling shares after the lock-up period, the terms of which have not yet been confirmed."}],[{"start":278.70000000000005,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1779162254_3073.mp3"}