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Gregory Olsen

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Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American entrepreneur, engineer and scientist who, in October 2005, became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures. Olsen was the co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc., a company developing optoelectronic devices such as sensitive near-infrared (NIR) and shortwave-infrared (SWIR) cameras. One of Sensors Unlimited's major customers is NASA. Currently, Olsen is President of GHO Ventures, LLC, in Princeton, New Jersey, where he manages his angel investments, South African winery, Montana ranch, Manhattan and Miami real estate, and performs numerous speaking engagements to encourage children – especially minority and female children – to consider careers in science or engineering. He also is a physics professor at Rider University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory Olsen is the 499th most popular businessperson (up from 506th in 2019), the 6,774th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,597th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Gregory Olsen ranks 499 out of 847. Before him are J. R. D. Tata, Samuel Cunard, Anders Frisk, Mike Lindell, Carl Icahn, and Petr Kellner. After him are Astor family, Ruja Ignatova, Jerry Buss, Helen Walton, Jared Isaacman, and Émile Étienne Guimet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gregory Olsen ranks 407. Before him are Azim Premji, Natalya Seleznyova, Elvin Hayes, Kees van Ierssel, Willeke Alberti, and Jean-Marie Poiré. After him are Mikhail Voronin, Zahra Rahnavard, Wolfram Löwe, Pierre Michon, Katri Helena, and Katharine Houghton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Olsen ranks 6,776 out of 20,380. Before him are Merle Haggard (1937), Jack Nitzsche (1937), Franchot Tone (1905), Walter Lang (1896), Fred Williamson (1938), and Richard Lewis (1947). After him are Scott Patterson (1958), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Jerry Schatzberg (1927), James Shigeta (1929), Courtney B. Vance (1960), and Ray Barretto (1929).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Gregory Olsen ranks 163. Before him are Eli Lilly (1838), Dana White (1969), Michael Dell (1965), Sherry Lansing (1944), Mike Lindell (1961), and Carl Icahn (1936). After him are Jerry Buss (1933), Helen Walton (1919), Jared Isaacman (1983), Teddy Mayer (1935), Brendan Eich (1961), and Malcom McLean (1913).

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