Gwynne Shotwell
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- SpaceX
- Industry
- Technology
- Residence
- Jonesboro, Texas
- Organization
- President & COO at SpaceX
- Education
- Northwestern University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Northwestern University (Master of Science)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 2
Assets
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.12,697,645 shares @ --SPCX-US
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.27,800 shares @ --SPCX-US
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.14,885 shares @ --SPCX-US
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp.77,320 shares @ --SPCX-US
Biography
Gwynne Shotwell is SpaceX's president and COO, and manages the operations of the commercial space exploration company founded by Elon Musk.
It's grown from a futuristic idea of enabling people to live on other planets to a company with over 13,000 employees and a valuation of $1.5 trillion.
In February 2026, SpaceX merged with another Musk-founded company, xAI, with plans to build giant AI data centers in orbit.
Shotwell was the 11th employee of SpaceX, joining the company in 2002. Before that, she was at spacecraft developer Microcosm as its space systems director.
Shotwell owns an estimated stake in SpaceX of less than 1%.
About
NASA has selected SpaceX to be one of the companies that will transport astronauts to the Moon's surface as part of the Artemis program.