Elon Musk is counting on investors like Spyridon Mentzas to cement his position as the world’s richest person.
Mentzas, a former co-head of equities at Mizuho Securities, set out to start his own firm with the sole purpose of buying shares of SpaceX, Musk’s closely held rocket company. It took his Hijojo Partners three years, but it now owns a stake in the business, which was valued at about $125 billion in its latest funding round.
He’s hardly alone in vying for a piece of what’s now the most valuable US startup. Edoardo Zarghetta, fund manager of Miami-based PreIPO Club, started buying SpaceX shares two years ago in the ...
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