Mirae Asset Venture Investment shares surged on the morning of the 17th. Buying appears to be piling in on expectations that SpaceX, the private space company led by Elon Musk, will go public.
As of 11:05 a.m. that day, Mirae Asset Venture Investment was trading on the KOSDAQ at 46,950 won, up 21.32% (8,250 won) from the previous session.
There are predictions that SpaceX will list in mid-June this year. Mirae Asset Venture Investment participated as a limited partner (LP) in a fund when Mirae Asset Group invested a total of $278 million in SpaceX.
Meanwhile, some analysis suggests Musk could become humanity's first trillionaire if SpaceX goes public. According to Bloomberg News and other foreign media on the 15th (local time), if SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO) gains full steam, CEO Musk is expected to become the first person in the world to hold assets of $1 trillion.