The Big ReadSpaceX’s CFO Is the Quiet VIP of a Wild IPO
Over the last few months, SpaceX’s chief financial officer, Bret Johnsen, has been trying to pull off an intense two-part challenge: Fold xAI into SpaceX—the biggest merger ever—and then take the combined company public at $75 billion in the largest IPO ever. Johnsen, 57, has gotten it done by keeping his customary cool. Inside SpaceX, colleagues say he’s less prone to getting worked up than other executives like CEO Elon Musk and President Gwynne Shotwell, and compared to those...