SpaceX fires at least 5 employees after internal letter criticizes CEO Elon Musk

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SpaceX has fired at least five employees involved in circulating a letter around the company that was critical of CEO Elon Musk.

SpaceX has fired at least five employees involved in circulating a letter around the company that was critical of CEO Elon Musk, two people familiar with the company told CNBC.

The open letter was circulated and signed by an unknown number of SpaceX employees earlier this week. Musk is the controlling shareholder of the privately held company, with his trust owning about 78% of SpaceX's voting shares as of last year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk participates in a postlaunch news conference inside the Press Site auditorium at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, following the launch of the agency's SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station.SpaceX has fired at least five employees involved in circulating a letter around the company that was critical of CEO, was circulated and signed by an unknown number of SpaceX employees earlier this week.

Musk is the controlling shareholder of the privately held company, with his trust owning about 78% of SpaceX's voting shares as of last year.

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