SpaceX Can Fit Inside of an ETF. Why Don’t More Funds Hold It?

ETF’s are dabbling in private markets, but few are going as full-throttled on SpaceX as Ron Baron.

The SpaceX Starbase industrial complex and rocket launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas, US, on Thursday, April 17, 2025.Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg
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We know that stakes in private companies can appear in ETFs, as evidenced by the ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (ticker XOVR), which owns a slice of SpaceX. It appears that Ron Baron has broken the sound barrier with his own holding.