Employee stock compensation is part of the rocket fuel that has boosted SpaceX into orbit. Now SpaceX is about to go public in a much-anticipated initial public offering (IPO). It is expected that the SpaceX IPO will be a historic blastoff making millionaires of thousands of SpaceX employees via their equity awards. Some may even see their wealth go “to the moon,” with net worths climbing to $100 million or more.

The SEC Form S-1 filing for the SpaceX IPO provides some insights into the company’s stock options, restricted stock units (RSUs), and other forms of employee equity compensation beyond the more extensive details it had to disclose about grants for its executive officers. READ MORE