Elon Musk is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of the Board of SpaceX. Elon has held the CEO and Chairman seats since May 2002.
Current company
SpaceX
SpaceX is an American spaceflight and AI company.
Space industryHeadquartered in StarbaseFounded 2002Nasdaq: SPCX
Source: WikidataElon Musk has been CEO of SpaceX since May 2002.
Career
Sources: SpaceX IPO prospectus (424B4), June 12, 2026, Tesla 10-K/A, April 30, 2026, Wikipedia, Elon Musk
Education
University of Pennsylvania, B.A. in PhysicsWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, B.S. in BusinessQueen's UniversitySource
60 decision makers at SpaceX in Unify, vice president level and above. Choose a function to see who leads it.
Top decision makers at SpaceX
Vice president level and above, most senior firstElon Musk leads a leadership team of 3 published executives. The most recent appointment is Bret Johnsen as Chief Financial Officer, in seat since 2011.
Executive leadership
| Name | Title | In seat since |
|---|---|---|
| Elon Musk | Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of the Board | May 2002 |
| Gwynne Shotwell | President, Chief Operating Officer and Director | 2008 |
| Bret Johnsen | Chief Financial Officer | 2011 |
Elon Musk is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technical Officer and Chairman of the Board of SpaceX. Elon has held the CEO and Chairman seats since May 2002.
Elon Musk has been CEO of SpaceX since May 2002, according to SpaceX IPO prospectus (424B4), June 12, 2026.
Elon Musk has been CEO of SpaceX for 24 years, since May 2002.
Gwynne Shotwell (President, Chief Operating Officer and Director), Bret Johnsen (Chief Financial Officer). Source: SpaceX IPO prospectus (424B4), June 12, 2026.
The seat holder is identified in Unify's professional profile dataset, then confirmed against the company's published leadership page, its SEC filings, and Wikipedia before publication. Career and education rows carry the public document they were taken from. Leadership team membership follows the company's own leadership page; in-seat dates come from filings where available and otherwise from the profile record. Company figures are read from the Unify headcount page for the same company and are profile coverage measures, never company-reported workforce totals. The employee preview lists vice president and senior vice president level profiles by department. No personal contact details are published.
