SpaceX Executive Appears at Nasdaq to Congratulate Employees

On June 12, SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell delivered a speech at Nasdaq this morning, congratulating employees and stating that the company has "approximately 22,000 employees." She expressed, "I am incredibly proud, as more than half of us actually increased our stock holdings during this IPO, totaling nearly $1 billion." She also thanked the SpaceX team for their "perseverance" and mentioned the skeptics who doubted the company's ability to achieve ambitious goals such as rocket reusability, crewed orbital flights, and the construction of the Starship.