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Roelof Botha joins SpaceX's board of directors
The former Sequoia Capital leader is filling an "existing vacancy" on SpaceX's board, days after the company went public in the largest IPO ever.
TL;DR
- Roelof Botha, ex-managing partner of Sequoia Capital, has joined SpaceX's board.
- His appointment fills an existing vacancy on the board.
- Botha will serve until the next annual shareholder meeting and join the audit committee.
- He brings extensive public company experience and audit committee background.
- Botha and SpaceX founder Elon Musk briefly worked together at PayPal in 2000.
- Botha's addition brings the SpaceX board to nine directors.
- The appointment follows SpaceX's recent IPO, described as the largest ever.