1. Jared Taylor Isaacman was born on February 11,1983 and is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut.
26 Facts About Jared Isaacman
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Jared Isaacman is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor, and the founder of Draken International, which provides adversary training to the US, British, and other NATO air forces.
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Jared Isaacman commanded Inspiration4 - the first all-civilian spaceflight - using SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience which launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 16,2021.
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Jared Isaacman later led Polaris Dawn, during which he became the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk.
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Jared Isaacman faced questions over his close ties to Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, one of NASA's largest contractors.
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Jared Isaacman was born on February 11,1983, at Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, to Donald and Sandra Marie Jared Isaacman.
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Jared Isaacman's family lived in Union Township before moving to Westfield, New Jersey, around 1987, and later to the Liberty Corner section of Bernards Township when he was 12.
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Jared Isaacman attended Wilson Elementary School in Westfield and William Annin Middle School in Bernards Township.
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Jared Isaacman graduated with a bachelor's degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Campus, in 2011.
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In 1999, Jared Isaacman founded United Bank Card, later renamed Harbortouch and then Shift4 Payments, a point-of-sale payments company.
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In 2012, Jared Isaacman co-founded Draken International, a Florida-based defense aerospace company that operated one of the world's largest fleets of privately owned fighter jets.
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Jared Isaacman provided adversary training to US military pilots and managed hundreds of millions in defense contracts, which Isaacman said saved taxpayers billions of dollars.
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Jared Isaacman is flight-qualified in multiple military jet aircraft and has logged over 7,000 flight hours.
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Jared Isaacman co-founded the Black Diamond Jet Team, in 2010, which performs at airshows.
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Jared Isaacman received the call sign "Rook" during fighter jet training.
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In February 2021, Jared Isaacman announced he would command Inspiration4, the first orbital mission with no professional astronauts aboard.
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The flight raised over $250 million for St Jude Children's Research Hospital, a cause Jared Isaacman championed throughout the mission.
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In 2024, Jared Isaacman led Polaris Dawn, the first mission in the privately funded Polaris Program.
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On December 4,2024, Jared Isaacman was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as the 15th Administrator of NASA, marking the first time a President-elect had named a nominee for the position before taking office.
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Jared Isaacman's nomination was formally submitted on Inauguration Day, January 20,2025, making Trump both the earliest and latest nominating president, following the September 2017 selection of Jim Bridenstine during his first presidency.
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Jared Isaacman's nomination received broad support from both political and aerospace circles.
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Over nearly three hours of testimony, Jared Isaacman presented a vision of revitalizing NASA with a "mission-first" culture focused on efficiency, innovation, and strategic leadership in space.
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Jared Isaacman pledged to extend the life of the ISS through 2030 and expand scientific output through public-private partnerships.
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Jared Isaacman is Jewish, though he has stated he is not religious.
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Jared Isaacman is married to Monica Isaacman and has two daughters.
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Jared Isaacman has been a resident of Washington Township, New Jersey.