Jared Isaacman
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Jared Taylor Isaacman is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025. He is the founder of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor, and the founder of Draken International, which provides adversary training to the U.S., British, and other NATO air forces. As of May 2025, his estimated net worth is US$1.4 billion.
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Key facts
- President
- Donald Trump
- Deputy
- Matthew P. Anderson
- Preceded by
- Bill Nelson
- Born
- Jared Taylor Isaacman , ( 1983-02-11 ) February 11, 1983 (age 43) , Summit, New Jersey , U.S.
- Spouse
- Monica Isaacman
- Education
- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide ( BS )
- Time in space
- 7 days, 21 hours, 17 minutes
- Total eva time
- 7 minutes, 56 seconds
- Missions
- Inspiration4 Polaris Dawn
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Encyclopedic overview
Jared Taylor Isaacman (born February 11, 1983) is an American billionaire entrepreneur, pilot, and commercial astronaut who has served as the 15th administrator of NASA since December 2025. He is the founder of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor, and the founder of Draken International, which provides adversary training to the U.S., British, and other NATO air forces. As of May 2025, his estimated net worth was US$1.4 billion.
Isaacman commanded Inspiration4 – the first all-civilian spaceflight – using SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience, which launched from Kennedy Space Center on September 16, 2021. He later led Polaris Dawn, during which he became the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk.
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