---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-043865"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SPCX"
cik: "0001181412"
company_name: "SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2026-06-17T20:01:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T20:05:52.673907+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SpaceX elects Roelof Botha as independent director, appoints to Audit Committee

## Summary
- Roelof Botha elected as independent Common Stock Director to fill Board vacancy effective June 16, 2026.
- Botha appointed to Audit Committee; brings public company board and audit committee experience.
- Botha was managing member at Sequoia Capital from 2003 to 2025, previously CFO at PayPal.
- Botha's family member employed at SpaceX since Jan 2025 in enterprise operations; 2025 compensation >$120k.
- Non-employee directors currently receive no cash or equity compensation; Botha to enter indemnification agreement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-043865
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SPCX
- cik: 0001181412
- company_name: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2026-06-17T20:01:55+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026043865/0001628280-26-043865-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026043865/spaceexplorationtechnologi.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043865
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043865.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-043865.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roelof Botha was elected as Common Stock Director at SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Common Stock Director
  source text: On June 16, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (the “Company”) elected Roelof Botha as an independent “Common Stock Director” (as defined in the Company’s Restated Certificate of Formation) to fill the existing vacancy on the Board, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1181412/000162828026043865/0001628280-26-043865-index.htm

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