Rank #2906
Gwynne Shotwell
Net worth $1.3B
SpaceX · United States
- Born
- Nov 23, 1963
- Age
- 62
- Source
- SpaceX
- Residence
- Jonesboro, Texas
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Northwestern University; Master of Science, Northwestern University
Net worth over time
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%.
- 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.