Bret Johnsen

Career

1. 2011 – now
   Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)src
   Chief Financial Officer
   Leads the global finance organisation, long-term financial strategy and dealings with the financial community; CFO through the June 2026 IPO
2. 2008 – 2011
   Mindspeed Technologies, Inc.src
   Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
   Effective 2008-07-07; replaced Simon Biddiscombe
3. 1999 – 2008
   Broadcom Corporationsrc
   Finance roles, finishing as Vice President & Corporate Controller
   Mindspeed's release adds director of finance and operations for worldwide manufacturing, and controller for central engineering and several business groups

Undated in the sources

• Qualcomm; earlier Coopers & Lybrandsrc, Finance (three years at Qualcomm); began his career at Coopers & Lybrand

Not located: Pre-1999 years (Qualcomm, Coopers & Lybrand) have no dates in any source searched; outside the ten-year window

Achievements

• SpaceX CFO for about 15 years, from 2011 through the June 2026 IPOsrc
• Public-company CFO before SpaceX: Mindspeed Technologies, a Nasdaq-listed semiconductor company, 2008 to 2011src
• Nearly a decade at Broadcom (1999-2008), finishing as Vice President and Corporate Controllersrc
• Certified Public Accountantsrc

Education

• University of Southern California, BS Accountingsrc
• San Diego State University, MS Financesrc

Background

• Family The prospectus states there are no family relationships among SpaceX's directors or executive officerssrc
• Boards Trustee of the University of Southern California, his alma matersrc
• Other Co-owns a personal aircraft with President & COO Gwynne Shotwell. When SpaceX aircraft are unavailable it is used for company business. The owners waive leasing fees, and SpaceX pays maintenance, crew and operation: $3m a year in 2023, 2024 and 2025src
• Other Has no employment agreement or severance arrangement. Before the IPO, Musk and Shotwell set his salarysrc