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title: "Who runs SpaceX?"
description: "The leadership team of SpaceX."
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updated: "2026-10-16"
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# Who runs SpaceX?

> SpaceX has 3 tracked executives leading key functions including company strategy and operations, day-to-day operations, financial strategy (as of 2026-10-16). Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace, satellite internet and AI company headquartered at 1 Rocket Road in Starbase, Texas, with its Class A common stock listed on Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX since its initial public offering in June 2026. Founded by Elon Musk in 2002, it builds and launches the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and Starship rockets and the Dragon spacecraft, and runs Starlink, which served about 10.3 million subscribers across 164 countries, territories and other markets at the end of March 2026. It acquired xAI, the maker of the Grok models and owner of X, in February 2026 and Anysphere, the maker of the Cursor code editor, in August 2026. Revenue reached 18.7 billion dollars in 2025, and the company employed over 22,000 full-time employees worldwide as of March 31, 2026.

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## Leadership

| Name | Role | Since |
|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk | CEO | 2002 |
| Gwynne Shotwell | COO | 2008 |
| Bret Johnsen | CFO | 2011 |

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## About SpaceX

- **Name:** SpaceX
- **Website:** https://www.spacex.com
- **Industry:** Rockets, spacecraft, Starlink satellite internet and AI
- **Founded:** 2002
- **Employees:** Over 22,000 full-time employees worldwide (IPO prospectus, as of March 31, 2026)
- **Headquarters:** 1 Rocket Road, Starbase, Texas 78521, United States
- **Listed as:** SPCX (Nasdaq)
- **Specialties:** Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, Starship, the fully reusable launch system built at Starbase, Dragon cargo and crew spacecraft, Merlin and Raptor rocket engines, Starlink satellite internet for consumers, enterprises and governments, Grok AI models and the X platform (from the xAI acquisition), Cursor AI code editor (from the Anysphere acquisition)

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- **Data as of:** 2026-10-16
- **Staff figures:** Estimated

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