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Google executive Donald Harrison resigns from SpaceX board

By Thomson Reuters Nov 6, 2026 | 8:14 PM

Nov 6 (Reuters) – SpaceX disclosed on Friday that Google executive Donald Harrison has resigned from the ​rockets-to-AI company’s board after more ‌than a decade.

Here are some details:

• Harrison notified SpaceX of his resignation on November 4, and it took effect immediately

• ‌The ​Elon Musk-led company ⁠said Harrison’s decision ⁠to resign was not due to any disagreement with the company on matters relating to its operations, ​policies or practices

• Harrison, a longtime executive at Google, is currently ⁠president of Global ⁠Partnerships and Corporate Development. Google ​parent Alphabet is the largest single ​institutional holder of SpaceX, according to ‌LSEG data

• Musk said that Harrison stepped down because there were too many conflicts of interest with ⁠Alphabet. “Don has been a great board member. Very much appreciate his contributions,” Musk added ⁠in ‌a post on X ⁠on Friday.

• Google on Friday ​reported ‌a small increase in its ​position ⁠in SpaceX to about 555 million shares from 551.2 million earlier

(Reporting by Prathik Jayaprakash and Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and ​Sam Holmes)