Commercial astronauts

Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American businessman, the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239.4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world. He was the wealthiest person from 2017 to 2021, according to Forbes and the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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.

American aviator and astronaut

American astronaut

test pilot

American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission

Indian-American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut

United States naval aviator and commercial astronaut (1953–2022)

American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission

astronaut employed by a company instead of a government

American retired Air Force fighter pilot, former vice president at Shift4, and future private astronaut

American astronaut instructor