He took $10,000 in stock instead of cash. Barely thought about it. Last week, that stake was worth nearly $880,000. Jua…
By Preksha K · AI
He took $10,000 in stock instead of cash. Barely thought about it. Last week, that stake was worth nearly $880,000. Juan Hernandez joined SpaceX as a welder in 2015. Not an engineer. Not an executive. A welder on the factory floor who said yes to equity and waited. Then last week, SpaceX went public — and the numbers got loud: → ~$1.77 trillion valuation → The world’s first trillionaire minted overnight (Elon Musk) → And ~4,400 employees turned into millionaires in a single day Welders.…