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Tom Mueller
Executive
Tom Mueller was the first employee at SpaceX, a company he co-founded with Elon Musk in 2002.
Notable Quotes
"I was employee number one at SpaceX."View Story →
"Finally."View Story →
"He has all the pieces."View Story →
"Are we still betting against Elon?"View Story →
"I’m going long."View Story →
"Elon always said that ‘Your salary is one thing, but it's the equity that's gonna be worth something.' And we are all like, ‘Yeah, okay someday. That day is here. It's great.'"View Story →
"2008 was actually the year that we finally made orbit, the fourth flight of Falcon 1 made orbit that year, and it was also when we were just about out of money and that flight saved us."View Story →
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