- Jared Isaacman is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead NASA.
- Isaacman has led and flown on two SpaceX missions, including the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
- Isaacman is a billionaire CEO who dropped out of high school and founded two companies.
Jared Isaacman isn’t just a billionaire CEO. He’s also a SpaceX astronaut, and now he’s poised to lead NASA under the new Trump administration.
President-elect Donald Trump announced in a Truth Social post on Wednesday that he was nominating Isaacman to be the new NASA Administrator.
Isaacman has flown to space twice aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon, on flights he commissioned, funded, and commanded — including a mission where he conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk in September.
So who is Jared Isaacman, and how did the entrepreneur end up as Trump’s NASA pick? Read on to learn about his career rise.
