David Anderman is a seasoned executive with a passion for business strategy and dealmaking in technology, aerospace, and media. David was most recently the General Counsel of SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, where he helped with the first-ever launch of astronauts by a private company, the maiden flight of Starship (SpaceX's Mars colony ship), and the rollout of the Starlink global satellite internet system. He previously spent 16 years at Lucasfilm Ltd., George Lucas’s entertainment empire, starting as the junior lawyer and rising through the ranks to become General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer. He has held C-level positions at a series of technology startups. He began his career as an intellectual property litigator in Silicon Valley.