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“Rare business”: Gina Rinehart bets $1.4 billion on SpaceX

Referring to SpaceX and Tesla, Australia’s richest woman noted Musk had built two of the world’s 10-most valuable companies by market capitalisation.
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Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart. Image: AAP Image/Russell Freeman

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has snared a huge stake in Elon Musk’s SpaceX during its out-of-this-world initial public offering.

The company did not specify the amount it invested, but Rinehart said it was a “significant investment for Hancock” and the company was pleased to get an allotment during the oversubscribed IPO.

The Wall Street Journal reported the stake was more than $US1 billion ($1.4

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