Tag: Jared Isaacman

Billionaire Who Flew SpaceX Last Year Going Back Into Orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The billionaire who launched on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up, aiming for an even higher orbit. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman announced Monday that he will make another private spaceflight launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. It will be the first of three crew SpaceX flights to try out…


Billionaire’s Space Trip Brought $125 Million to St. Jude Hospital

The charitable sector should hope that billionaire Jared Isaacman keeps seeking new adventures. Isaacman, who turned a payments-processing firm he started as a teenager into a multibillion-dollar company, periodically indulges his passion for aviation with head-turning flights. Each time, a prominent charity has joined the ride—and the stakes keep getting bigger. In 2009, Isaacman set…