Jared Isaacman: Crew Member and Mission Commander on the Historic Inspiration4 Civilian Space Flight

Jared Isaacman — a 38-year-old self-made billionaire — was one of four civilian astronauts on the recent Inspiration4 historic space flight. He was the Mission Commander of the three-day space excursion as well. In addition to being the founder of Draken International and Shift4 Payments (where he’s the CEO), he has numerous extraordinary achievements to his credit. Among other things, he’s an accomplished pilot and adventurer. Isaacman dedicated the flight to helping support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis (see the quote below). By the way, he’s a high school dropout, although he did later obtain a GED.
 
Quote: “Isaacman, 38, a self-made billionaire who admits to being a ‘space geek,’ confesses he has been ‘very lucky in life.’ He purchased all four seats on the spacecraft from Elon Musk’s company SpaceX for an undisclosed amount of money. Isaacman said he bought the other three seats so he could offer this ride of a lifetime to non-billionaires. He is doing it to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, which cares for children with cancer and other diseases at no charge. His goal is to raise $200 million for the hospital, and he has committed to personally donating half of that.”
— The Forward
 
Sources: Wikipedia (introduction), Forbes.com (quotation)
 
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