Who is behind SpaceX?
Shows documented founders, leaders, board members, funders and owners.
Not who made decisions, or why.
A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.
- Led by Elon Musk May 2002 –
On the record
Sourced links that no one presents as their own account, as recorded so far. Others may exist.
Founded by
Led by
Board
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Kimbal Musk
board member of
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Tesla's filings list him as a SpaceX director in January 2010 and April 2019, and the Sunday Times said so in December 2024. No start date is given.
Proof 5 sources
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Tesla, Inc. 2025 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 17 Sep 2025.
Primary record
Mr. Musk has also served as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Chairman of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, a company which develops and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft (“SpaceX”), since May 2002
- SpaceX, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press
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Tesla Motors, Inc. registration statement (Form S-1), Tesla, 29 Jan 2010.
Primary record
Steve Jurvetson and Kimbal Musk, two members of our board of directors, are also members of the board of directors of SpaceX.
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Tesla, Inc. 2019 proxy statement (Schedule 14A), Tesla, 30 Apr 2019.
Primary record
Kimbal Musk, a member of the Board, is also a member of the board of directors of SpaceX.
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Will the richest boykie in the world help his homeys?, Sunday Times, 1 Dec 2024.
Scholarship & press
Errol, who lives in Langebaan on the West Coast, said that for many years Elon and his younger brother Kimbal, who also lives in the US and sits on the boards of Musk’s companies Tesla and SpaceX, had not been interested in investing in South Africa.
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