Harrison has worked at Google since 2005, and is the search giant’s president of global partnerships and corporate development. In a regulatory filing<\/a>, SpaceX said “Mr. Harrison’s decision to resign was not due to any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to its operations, policies, or practices.” <\/p>\n SpaceX thanked Harrison for his “many contributions and his years of dedicated and outstanding service” to the company.<\/p>\n The announcement comes roughly five months after SpaceX went public<\/a> in the largest IPO on record. Google parent Alphabet maintains close ties with SpaceX, having invested in Elon Musk’s<\/a> company in 2015, when it was valued at about $12 billion. <\/p>\n Alphabet is now the largest institutional investor n SpaceX, with a stake worth $74 billion as of Friday’s close. SpaceX’s current market cap is about $1.8 trillion. <\/p>\n Google<\/a> is a key customer of SpaceX, and has agreed to pay the company’s AI division up to $920 million a month for compute capacity from its data centers in the area around Memphis, Tennessee. The companies also recently worked together to launch Google AI chips into orbit via Project Suncatcher.<\/a> <\/p>\n “While Don is stepping down from the board, we remain deeply supportive of SpaceX’s mission and are excited to continue our long-standing partnership,” Google said in an emailed statement. <\/p>\n
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