Meet Gwynne Shotwell, The Woman Who Really Runs Spacex For Elon Musk

Gwynne Shotwell is COO of SpaceX.Amanda Edwards/WireImage/Getty ImagesGwynne Shotwell seems to run the show at Elon Musk's SpaceX.She oversees most of the rocket company's central business, per an org chart from The Information.Here's everything we know about the SpaceX president and COO.SpaceX president and chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell appears to be calling the shots at Elon Musk's company.While Musk is the CEO and public face of the aerospace company, Shotwell handles nearly every team internally, according to an org chart reviewed by The Information.Shotwell has 21 direct reports to Musk's four and oversees most of SpaceX's central business, including the teams working on Starlink, Falcon, and Starship.One former SpaceX employee, Vincent Peters, told Business Insider that Shotwell "is the singular most important person within SpaceX outside of Elon.""She moves the needle for employee morale and customer confidence in SpaceX and serves as an azimuth within the company as priorities evolve," he added.Shotwell was one of SpaceX's earliest employees.

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