Google executive Donald Harrison resigns from SpaceX board
Donald Harrison resigned from SpaceX’s board on November 4 after more than a decade. Elon Musk said he stepped down because of too many conflicts of interest with Alphabet; Google reported increasing its SpaceX position to about 555 million shares from 551.2 million.
1. Board resignation
SpaceX said Harrison’s resignation took effect immediately and was not due to a disagreement over the company’s operations, policies or practices. Musk said there were too many conflicts of interest with Alphabet and thanked Harrison for his contributions.
2. Google’s position
Harrison is Google’s president of Global Partnerships and Corporate Development. Google reported a small increase in its SpaceX position to about 555 million shares from 551.2 million earlier.
