Google Executive Donald Harrison Resigns From SpaceX Board as Alphabet Expands Equity Stake

Google executive Donald Harrison has resigned from the SpaceX board of directors effective November 4, 2026, roughly five months after SpaceX's initial public offering. SpaceX stated the departure was amicable and without disagreements over operations or policies. Concurrently, Alphabet raised its shareholding to approximately 555 million shares from 551.2 million shares. Alphabet remains SpaceX's largest institutional investor, holding a stake valued at about $74 billion based on a $1.8 trillion market capitalization, while maintaining key operational partnerships including a data center compute agreement worth up to $920 million monthly.