Jul 14, 2026 – 4.00pmHyperion Asset Management’s outsized bet on Elon Musk’s SpaceX is threatening to undo a recent winning streak for the fund manager as shares of the rocket and artificial intelligence business spiral back towards its initial public offering price.The $12.5 billion money manager, which is already one of Australia’s biggest shareholders of Musk’s electric carmaker Tesla, disclosed in late June that it had snagged a stake in SpaceX in its Global Growth Fund.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Hyperion snags $290m SpaceX bet as stock crashes back to earth
The high-profile growth manager now has $1 billion riding on the world’s richest man after disclosing a sizeable stake in the rocket and AI company.












