Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the two investment banks harboring the biggest market shares by far in tech IPOs, are now battling to lead looming debuts that promise the winners a pair of the richest profit pots in Wall Street history. Goldman already captured a huge prize by clinching the position of “lead left” book runner for the SpaceX offering scheduled for June 12. Though both banks will play prominent roles in the two trophy deals to come, the one that gets the lead left position on the front page of the S-1 prospectus is placed to garner multiples of the potential rewards that go to its rival listed just to the right, not to mention the probable two dozen or so banks lower on the list.

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