Donald Harrison
Don Harrison is President of Global Partnerships and Corporate Development at Google LLC, a role he has held since 2017 after joining the company in 2005. He oversees Google's strategic partnerships worldwide and leads the corporate development team responsible for global mergers, acquisitions, and investments, having worked on major transactions including YouTube, DoubleClick, Nest, Motorola Mobility, and DeepMind. He also serves as managing partner of Gradient Ventures, Alphabet's AI-focused investment unit. Harrison stepped down from SpaceX's Board of Directors in November 2026 after serving since February 2015.
“Don Harrison, Alphabet's president of global partnerships and corp dev, stepped down from SpaceX board. He originally joined in 2015, tied to a Google investment.”
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