What did Shaan Puri say about Elon Musk giving a SpaceX share to every kid in America?

Shaan Puri called it a powerful move and possibly the start of a redemption arc for Elon Musk, whose unfavourable ratings now outweigh favourable ones on a chart Shaan showed. He estimated about 72 million American children, worth roughly $10 billion given directly to people rather than to a nonprofit. He doubted Musk has the behaviour control to avoid upsetting people over the next four years, and said he was surprised more companies do not give out shares.

• Shaan Puri argued that owning something makes people invested in it, comparing it to giving his kids a rare Pokemon card.
• Shaan Puri said a family member meant to buy $3,000 of SpaceX stock at the IPO and accidentally bought about 3,000 shares, then began following every Starship launch.

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“It was like half a million dollars instead of $3,000.” Shaan Puri · at 15:30 — open in the transcript →

Source: our own transcription of the episode. The full conversation is on My First Million (2026-10-23). Read the whole episode summary →

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