NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 Elon Musk may never colonize Mars as promised, but enough investors consider the SpaceX founder to be a sort of miracle man that they’ll help him reach another fantastic goal Friday when he takes the rocket company public.<\/p>\n
The world’s richest man is set to become its first trillionaire.<\/p>\n
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