Antonio Gracias
Investments · Miami, Florida
Net worth
$17.1B
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Antonio Gracias is the founder and CEO of Chicago-based growth equity firm Valor Equity Partners, which had $59 billion in assets under management as of December 2025. In 1995, Gracias was in law school at the University of Chicago when he founded Valor's predecessor, MG Capital. A major Elon Musk loyalist, Gracias met Musk through a mutual friend around 2000. Valor became one of Tesla's first institutional investors in 2005. It made its first investment in SpaceX in 2010. Gracias served as a director of Tesla from 2007 to 2021. He has been a director of SpaceX since 2010. He's known for operationally-involved investing, even sleeping on Tesla's factory floor to work through manufacturing and supply chain issues.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
1 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Private holdings | Finance & Investments | 100.0% | $17.1B |
Also known for
- Gracias' first investment was $300 worth of Apple stock that his mother helped him buy when he was in middle school. He still holds it today.
- Gracias and Musk have gone on family vacations and ski trips together.