Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
The charitable sector should hope that billionaire Jared Isaacman keeps seeking new adventures.Isaacman, who turned a payments-processing firm he started as a teenager into a multibillion-dollar company, periodically indulges his passion for aviation with head-turning flights.
Each time, a prominent charity has joined the ride — and the stakes keep getting bigger.In 2009, Isaacman set a speed record for flying around the world in a light aircraft, raising tens of thousands of dollars for Make-a-Wish in the process.Last September, he took both his flying and his philanthropy to a much higher level.
Isaacman led the first all-civilian trip to space, accompanied by a physician assistant, a community-college professor, and a data engineer.