NEW YORK, May 24 — The dual-class share structure outlined in SpaceX’s IPO filing, which grants CEO Elon Musk outsized control, has revived one of Wall Street’s oldest...

Musk will serve as the company's CEO, chief technical officer, and chairman of its board. He'll also control the election of the board of directors.

Investors who buy SpaceX shares will have almost no ability to force Elon Musk out of his company.

Elon Musk has the largest stake in SpaceX by billions of shares. The other biggest shareholders also have longstanding and deep ties to Musk.

Elon Musk has mandated two classes of shares, binding arbitration, and many other policies shareholder advocates hate in the Space X S-1.

While such structures are hardly unusual in corporate America, particularly among founder-led companies, few issues are so fiercely criticized by governance watchdogs.

NEW YORK, May 24 — The dual-class share structure outlined in SpaceX’s IPO filing, which grants CEO Elon Musk outsized control, has revived one of Wall Street’s oldest...