Google executive Donald Harrison resigns from SpaceX board (updated)
UPDATE 1-Google executive Donald Harrison resigns from SpaceX board Adds Musk's response
Nov 6 (Reuters) - SpaceX SPCX.O disclosed on Friday that Google executive Donald Harrison has resigned from the rockets-to-AI company's board after more than a decade.
Here are some details:
Harrison notified SpaceX of his resignation on November 4, and it took effect immediately
The Elon Musk-led company said Harrison's decision to resign was not due to any disagreement with the company on matters relating to its operations, policies or practices
Harrison, a longtime executive at Google, is currently president of Global Partnerships and Corporate Development. Google parent Alphabet GOOGL.O is the largest single institutional holder of SpaceX, according to LSEG data
Musk said that Harrison stepped down because there were too many conflicts of interest with Alphabet. "Don has been a great board member. Very much appreciate his contributions," Musk added in a post on X on Friday.
Google on Friday reported a small increase in its position in SpaceX to about 555 million shares from 551.2 million earlier
(Reporting by Prathik Jayaprakash and Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila and Sam Holmes)
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