With Elon Musk’s attention divided among his many companies, Shotwell's been the steady hand ensuring the rocket maker ...

He asked another woman to have his children, and engaged in a month-long sexual relationship with a woman that he directly supervised in 2014, the Journal reported. Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX’s ...

and her two teenage children. Shotwell also volunteers with cancer patients. But most of her social energy goes into SpaceX sales, which she believes have been her biggest contribution to the company.

Gwynne Shotwell is president and chief operating officer of the aerospace company, SpaceX. She is a four-time Wash100 award winner and is recognized for driving innovation in the aerospace ...

Shotwell was employee No. 11 in 2002 when she joined SpaceX, a company founded to lower the cost of space travel and enable the colonization of other planets. Today, SpaceX has grown to more than ...