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==Personal life==
==Personal life==
In 2004, Isaacman began taking flying lessons. In 2009, he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe.<ref name=fcompany20150413/><ref name=nj20090415/> He received a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2011. He is flight qualified in multiple [[Military aircraft|military jet aircraft]].<ref name=forbes20201007/> In his 20s, he flew in many [[airshow]]s, but by his 30s, he had stopped flying much.<ref name=inc20171025/>
In 2004, Isaacman began taking flying lessons. In 2011, he received a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is flight qualified in multiple [[Military aircraft|military jet aircraft]].


He is married and has 2 daughters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabie |first1=Passant |title=Who is Jared Issacman? 29 facts about the billionaire going to orbit with SpaceX |url=https://www.inverse.com/science/jared-isaacman-spacex-codex |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=Inverse |publisher=Bustle Digital Group |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> Isaacman has been a resident of [[Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey]].<ref name=nj20090410>{{cite news |url= https://www.nj.com/news/local/2009/04/warren_county_man_tries_a_thir.html |title= Warren County man attempts flight around globe in record time |date= 10 April 2009 |author= Sarah Schillaci |agency= Star Ledger |work=New Jersey Local News }}</ref>
He is married and has 2 daughters.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rabie |first1=Passant |title=Who is Jared Issacman? 29 facts about the billionaire going to orbit with SpaceX |url=https://www.inverse.com/science/jared-isaacman-spacex-codex |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=Inverse |publisher=Bustle Digital Group |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> Isaacman has been a resident of [[Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey]].<ref name=nj20090410>{{cite news |url= https://www.nj.com/news/local/2009/04/warren_county_man_tries_a_thir.html |title= Warren County man attempts flight around globe in record time |date= 10 April 2009 |author= Sarah Schillaci |agency= Star Ledger |work=New Jersey Local News }}</ref>

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Jared Isaacman
Born (1983-02-11) February 11, 1983 (age 41)[1]
OccupationCEO of Shift4 Payments
SpouseMonica Isaacman[2]

Jared Isaacman (born (1983-02-11)February 11, 1983) is an American billionaire businessman and pilot. He is the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, a payment processor.[4]

Early life and education

Isaacman grew up in New Jersey, where he attended — and dropped out of — Ridge High School in Bernards Township.[5] He had begun working, doing computer technical service and repair when he was 14.[6] Two years later, that work resulted in an offer of a full-time job from one of his clients, and he chose to drop out of high school to take the job, obtaining a GED along the way.[4]

Business career

In 2005, Isaacman founded a retail payment processing company named United Bank Card, which was later renamed Harbortouch, a point-of-sale payment company based in Pennsylvania. He was the founding CEO, and retained that role in 2015 with the company having "been profitable for over a decade [while processing] US$11 billion a year from 60,000 merchants, generating US$300 million in revenues."[6] By 2020, the company had been renamed Shift4 Payments, Isaacman remained CEO, and the company was processing US$200 billion in payments annually.[4]

In 2012, he co-founded Draken International, a Florida-based company that trains pilots for the United States Armed Forces. The company operates one of the world's largest fleets of privately-owned fighter jets.[6][7]

Personal life

In 2004, Isaacman began taking flying lessons. In 2011, he received a bachelor's degree in professional aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He is flight qualified in multiple military jet aircraft.

He is married and has 2 daughters.[8] Isaacman has been a resident of Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey.[9]

Personal endeavors

Air show pilot

While in his 20s, Isaacman performed in airshows with the Black Diamond Jet Team.[7][10]

World record flight

In 2008, he tried to set the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a light jet, falling just short, by travelling around the world in 83 hours, just beyond the existing record of 82 hours. The record attempt was a fundraising event for Make-A-Wish.[9]

In April 2009, he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe in a light jet, making the flight in 61:51:15, about 20 hours faster than the previous record of 82 hours. The world record attempt was made as a fundraising event for Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey.[6][11] He flew a Cessna Citation CJ2 with two other crewmembers, skipping stops in India and Japan, where he encountered hours-long ground delays in his previous attempt in 2008.[9] In his 20s, he flew in several airshows, but stopped flying in as many airshows in his 30s.[7]

Spaceflight

In February 2021, Isaacman announced that he would serve as commander of Inspiration4, the first private human spaceflight where none of the people aboard are from a government agency.[12] The mission, operated by SpaceX, will fly on board an autonomous Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.[12][13] Inspiration4 is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 15, 2021.[14]

References

  1. ^ Jared Isaacman bjtonline.com
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "Forbes profile: Jared Isaacman". Forbes. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Tognini, Giacomo (2020-10-07). "Meet The New Billionaire Who Dropped Out of High School and Flies Fighter Jets for Fun". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  5. ^ "Billionaire journeys from Ridge High School to space", Bernardsville News, February 10, 2021. Accessed February 23, 2021. "When Jared Isaacman dropped out of Ridge High School more than 20 years ago to pursue a successful career in business, it seemed like the sky was the limit."
  6. ^ a b c d Segran, Elizabeth (2015-04-13). "Meet The Fighter-Jet-Flying 32-Year-Old On Top Of The Payments Industry". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  7. ^ a b c Whitford, David (25 October 2017). "This Founder Owns the World's Largest Private Fleet of Fighter Jets—and That's Just One of His Companies". Inc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ Rabie, Passant (5 February 2021). "Who is Jared Issacman? 29 facts about the billionaire going to orbit with SpaceX". Inverse. Bustle Digital Group. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Sarah Schillaci (10 April 2009). "Warren County man attempts flight around globe in record time". New Jersey Local News. Star Ledger.
  10. ^ Thomas Burghardt (1 February 2021). "SpaceX announces Inspiration4, all-civilian space mission in support of St Jude's Hospital". NasaSpaceFlight.com.
  11. ^ "Warren County pilot back at Morristown Airport after breaking world flight record". New Jersey Local News. 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  12. ^ a b Chang, Kenneth (1 February 2021). "To Get on This SpaceX Flight, You Don't Have to Be Rich, Just Lucky". New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  13. ^ Berger, Eric (1 February 2021). "SpaceX announces first "free flyer" human spaceflight". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  14. ^ Sheetz, Michael (30 March 2021). "Meet the full crew of the Inspiration4 mission flying with SpaceX in September". CNBC. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

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