Tom Pullar-Strecker16:32, Jun 28 2021 Supplied Rocket Lab founder and chief executive Peter Beck in the company's Auckland production complex. Peter Beck will retain at least a 12.2 per cent stake in Rocket Lab worth about US$545 million (NZ$771m) when the company he founded lists on the Nadsaq exchange in the next few months. Rocket Lab is due to list on the exchange through a reverse auction by shell company Vector Acquisition Corporation before the end of September, with a value of about US$4.5 billion. Khosla Ventures, a Californian venture capital company owned by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla, will be the biggest shareholder with at least a 25.8 per cent stake.