Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
Roelof Botha joins SpaceX’s board of directors
Roelof Botha 加入 SpaceX 董事会
Former Sequoia Capital managing partner Roelof Botha is joining SpaceX’s board of directors, less than a week after the company went public in the largest IPO ever. SpaceX announced the appointment in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. It said Botha was appointed “to fill the existing vacancy on the Board” and that he will serve until SpaceX’s next annual shareholder meeting. He will also join the SpaceX board’s audit committee. Botha didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
红杉资本前管理合伙人 Roelof Botha 即将加入 SpaceX 董事会，此时距离该公司完成史上最大规模 IPO 仅过去不到一周。SpaceX 在周三向美国证券交易委员会（SEC）提交的文件中宣布了这一任命。文件中称，Botha 的加入是为了“填补董事会现有的空缺”，其任期将持续至 SpaceX 下一次年度股东大会。此外，他还将加入 SpaceX 董事会的审计委员会。Botha 目前尚未对置评请求作出回应。
Botha “brings extensive public company experience along with a deep audit committee background, having served on the boards and audit committees of numerous public companies,” SpaceX wrote in the filing. He stepped down from his role as Sequoia’s leader late last year as the firm was dealing with blowback against partner Shaun Maguire, who had made comments attacking then-New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
SpaceX 在文件中写道，Botha “拥有丰富的上市公司经验以及深厚的审计委员会背景，曾任职于多家上市公司的董事会和审计委员会”。去年年底，他卸任了红杉资本的领导职务，当时该公司正因合伙人 Shaun Maguire 的言论而面临舆论压力，Maguire 曾发表攻击时任纽约市长候选人 Zohran Mamdani 的言论。
The SpaceX filing also discloses that a “family member” of Botha’s has worked at the company “since January 2025 as a member of the enterprise operations team.” SpaceX says this family member’s “compensation exceeded the $120,000 reporting threshold” but noted the compensation is “generally commensurate with their peers’.”
SpaceX 的文件还披露，Botha 的一名“家庭成员”自 2025 年 1 月起就在该公司工作，担任企业运营团队成员。SpaceX 表示，该家庭成员的“薪酬超过了 12 万美元的报告门槛”，但指出其薪酬“与同等职位的员工基本相当”。
Botha is on many public company boards, but none quite like SpaceX, where CEO Elon Musk enjoys near-absolute control and shareholders have little power. Musk has more than 80% of the now-public company’s voting power, and owners of SpaceX stock will have severely limited opportunities to challenge him should they disagree with his actions. Musk also has control over all changes to the board’s makeup, filings show.
Botha 担任多家上市公司的董事，但 SpaceX 的情况却截然不同——在这里，首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）拥有近乎绝对的控制权，而股东几乎没有话语权。马斯克掌握了这家现已上市的公司超过 80% 的投票权，如果股东不同意他的决策，他们挑战马斯克的空间将极其有限。文件显示，马斯克还控制着董事会成员构成的所有变动。
Botha has experience with Musk, though. Musk brought Botha — who is also from South Africa — in to run the finance division of PayPal in 2000. Botha started at the payments company in March of that year, according to his LinkedIn profile. Musk was pushed out as CEO of PayPal in September 2000.
不过，Botha 与马斯克早有交集。2000 年，马斯克邀请同样来自南非的 Botha 加入 PayPal 负责财务部门。根据 Botha 的领英资料，他于当年 3 月入职这家支付公司。马斯克则于 2000 年 9 月被免去 PayPal 首席执行官一职。
“I’ve known Elon for over 25 years,” Botha told Fortune last year in an interview during Musk’s time running DOGE. “He was the first person to offer me a job in America. He believed in me when I was an unknown student at Stanford. I have a lot of appreciation and understanding that he’s not perfect. None of us are. He deeply cares about doing the right thing.”
“我认识埃隆已经超过 25 年了，”Botha 去年在马斯克负责政府效率部（DOGE）期间接受《财富》杂志采访时表示，“他是第一个在美国给我提供工作机会的人。当我还是斯坦福大学一名默默无闻的学生时，他就信任我。我非常感激他，也理解他并不完美。我们谁都不完美。但他真心实意地想要做正确的事。”
The addition of Botha brings SpaceX’s board to nine directors. He joins Musk confidants Ira Ehrenpreis, Antonio Gracias, Steve Jurvetson, and Luke Nosek; SpaceX chief operating officer Gwynne Shotwell; Google executive Donald Harrison; and VC Randy Glein. Musk is chairman of the board.
随着 Botha 的加入，SpaceX 董事会成员达到 9 人。其他成员包括马斯克的亲信 Ira Ehrenpreis、Antonio Gracias、Steve Jurvetson 和 Luke Nosek；SpaceX 首席运营官 Gwynne Shotwell；谷歌高管 Donald Harrison；以及风险投资人 Randy Glein。马斯克担任董事会主席。
Botha has been with Sequoia for more than 20 years, and the firm invested in SpaceX in 2019. It reportedly owned 1.5% of SpaceX heading into the IPO, giving it a position worth more than $20 billion.
Botha 在红杉资本工作了 20 多年，该公司于 2019 年投资了 SpaceX。据报道，在 IPO 前夕，红杉资本持有 SpaceX 1.5% 的股份，其持仓价值超过 200 亿美元。