Rank #644
Fatih Ozmen
Net worth $6.4B
Aerospace · United States
- Born
- Feb 02, 1958
- Age
- 68
- Source
- Aerospace
- Residence
- Reno , Nevada
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Fatih Ozmen is CEO and co-owner of private defense and aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC).
- In April 2024, SNC won a $13.1 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop its next E-4 "Doomsday" plane, which would run the military's response to a nuclear war.
- In April 2021, SNC spun off its space capabilities into a new commercial space company, Sierra Space.
- Ozmen emigrated from Turkey in the 1980s to pursue a master's degree in engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno.
- He and his wife, Eren, bought SNC in 1994 when it had just 20 employees; it now has nearly 4,000 employees in over 40 locations.
- Ozmen was a former national cycling champion in Turkey.
- Ozmen and his wife used their house as collateral to get a loan and take control of the company in a management buyout.