SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk and Tom Mueller.

Who are SpaceX's co-founders?

SpaceX was co-founded by Elon Musk and Tom Mueller.

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Q: What happened to SpaceX's founders?

11 people who founded or worked at SpaceX went on to start 29 other companies, including Elon Musk (Zip2, PayPal and 12 more), George Hotz (Comma.ai and tiny corp) and Harry O'Hanley (ABL Space Systems and Long Wall).

SpaceX was founded in 2002 in Hawthorne, USA by Elon Musk and Tom Mueller. It is an Aerospace & Space company.

Designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecraft, including the Falcon and Starship vehicles.

Private 🦄 Unicorn Founded 2002 Hawthorne USA Aerospace & Space

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SpaceX founders & co-founders

Elon Musk

Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer

Tom Mueller

Co-founder

Where its founders came from

The companies and labs that produced SpaceX’s founders.

Zip2 PayPal X.com TRW

What happened to SpaceX’s founders and alumni

29 companies All ex-SpaceX founders →

People who worked at or founded SpaceX and went on to start their own companies.

The SpaceX lineage graph — click any node to keep exploring.

Elon Musk

14 founded

Zip2 1996 PayPal 1998 X.com 1999 Tesla 2003 Hyperloop One 2014 OpenAI 2015 Neuralink 2016 The Boring Company 2016 Thud 2017 xAI 2023 X Corp. 2023 SpaceXAI 2023 X Holdings Corp 2023 America PAC

George Hotz

2 founded

Comma.ai 2015 tiny corp 2022

Harry O'Hanley

2 founded

ABL Space Systems 2017 Long Wall

Jemuel Joseph

2 founded

Cover 2013 Alloy Robotics

Jordan Noone

2 founded

Relativity Space 2015 Zoo