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June 15, 2026

“It's certainly an exciting day,” said Brad Badertscher, an expert in initial public offerings. “I can tell you, there's a lot of people watching.” Badertscher, a professor of accountancy at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï, said SpaceX’s public offering is not only the biggest in history but also a prime example of how IPOs have changed over the years. Badertscher and his fellow researchers have found that insiders and executives, such as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, are in line for enormous paydays. And Badertscher wrote an article for The Conversation about how those folks are much likelier than public stock buyers to get a rocket-powered return from the IPO. Badertscher told The National News Desk on Friday that the SpaceX IPO is a liquidity event for all the employees and institutional investors who have accumulated valuable shares over the many years the company has been around.

June 10, 2026

“These are the largest IPOs we have seen ever, and there are multiple ones nearly at the same time,” said Brad Badertscher, professor of accountancy at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï, in an email to Straight Arrow. 

February 04, 2026

In a groundbreaking study titled “Cheap stock options: Antecedents and outcomes,” forthcoming in Management Science, researchers led by Brad Badertscher, Deloitte Professor of Accountancy at the University of 91³Ô¹Ï’s Mendoza College of Business, illuminate the expansive prevalence and significant economic implications of cheap stock options issued immediately before IPOs.