Bill Ackman suggests Elon Musk take SpaceX public by merging it with Ackman's acquisition company
December 22, 2025 • 1m 55s
Joe Kernen (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
00:07.440
guy
right
there
investor
bill
ackman
one
in
the
center
not
not
not
me
wants
to
help
elon
musk
or
suggesting
maybe
that
he
could
help
spacex
take
spacex
up
public
and
weekend
post
on
X
ackman
suggested
that
musk
merge
spacex
was
a
special
type
of
acquisition
company
that
ackman
Joe Kernen (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
00:28.960
's
firm
created
and
under
the
plan
ackman
said
that
tesla
shareholders
could
receive
so-called
spars
those
are
special
purpose
acquisition
rights
so
that
they
could
participate
in
spacex
's
IPO
down
the
road
according
to
ackman
this
would
reward
loyal
tesla
shareholders
with
the
Joe Kernen (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
00:46.110
opportunity
to
invest
in
spacex
or
with
cash
for
their
spars
while
totally
democratizing
the
IPO
process
reports
have
said
that
spacex
is
gearing
up
for
a
possible
IPO
next
year
ackman
also
floated
the
idea
of
certain
investors
in
the
transaction
receiving
rights
to
be
able
to
Joe Kernen (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
01:06.150
participate
in
a
future
IPO
of
musk
AI
company
X
AI
andrew
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
01:12.840
what
do
you
think
of
that
joe
Joe Kernen (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
01:16.770
i'm
not
i'm
not
i
mean
just
with
what
i
read
sounds
good
i
guess
do
do
you
have
a
chance
to
to
participate
if
you're
loyal
i
don't
know
we
can't
do
it
Andrew Ross Sorkin (Co-Anchor of Squawk Box)
01:29.230
really
interesting
to
see
what
would
happen
yeah
yeah
i
don't
know
i
don't
know
i
think
there
'd
be
a
lot
of
people
would
be
interested
though
we
got
a
lot
more
coming
up
on
squawk
this
morning
we
come
back
just
three
days
left
until
christmas
we're
gonna
get
a
pulse
check
on
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01:41.870
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retailers
are
faring
as
they
prepare
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