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Richard Branson is a good example of an "adventure capitalist". Here is his Wikipedia profile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson http://en.wikipedi
by arctangent 16y ago
Richard Branson is a good example of an "adventure capitalist".
Here is his Wikipedia profile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
Here is the Wikipedia page for his space tourism company:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Galactic
Also worthy of a mention is Mark Shuttleworth, who was the world's second space tourist (and also the founder of the Ubuntu Foundation):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth
- iwwr 16y agoDon't forget Anousheh Ansari: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anousheh_Ansari
- hugh3 16y agoPerhaps the ur-example would be Howard Hughes. Got rich selling drill bits, plunged it all into much more interesting ventures like aeroplanes and motion pictures.
- benologist 16y agoAnd Richard Garriot aka Lord British - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott
- arctangent 16y agoEveryone on the list of space tourists has an interesting past: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#List_of_flown_space_tourists http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tourism#List_of_flown_spa...
- IDisposableHero 16y agoDon't forget John Carmack - from Doom at Id softare to Armadillo Aerospace