Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
Key takeaways
- Former Sequoia Captial managing partner Roelof Botha is joining Space X s board of directors, less than a week after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
- Space X announced the appointment in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.
- Botha brings extensive public company experience along with a deep audit committee background, having served on the boards and audit committees of numerous public companies, SpaceX wrote in the filing.
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Former Sequoia Captial managing partner Roelof Botha is joining Space X s board of directors, less than a week after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
Space X announced the appointment in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. It said Botha was appointed to fill the existing vacancy on the Board and that he will serve until Space X s next annual shareholder meeting. He will also join the Space X board s audit committee.
Botha brings extensive public company experience along with a deep audit committee background, having served on the boards and audit committees of numerous public companies, SpaceX wrote in the filing. He stepped down from his role as Sequoia s leader late last year.