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Gwynne Shotwell is the COO of SpaceX and was inducted into space and Satellite Hall of Fame.
Under her leadership SpaceX was the first private company to send a satellite to geostationary orbit.
She joined the then-struggling startup as the chief of sales and due to her great contribution to SpaceX it has become one of the largest companies.
In her interview with Satellite Today, she said simply: “You have no control over whether you are going to be the smartest person at your company or even the smartest person in the room at any particular time… particularly at a company like SpaceX; there are a lot of smart people here. But, you do have control on how prepared you are, how hard you work and what kind of results you get.”