Rank #563
Peter Beck
Net worth $7.0B
Spacecrafts · New Zealand
- Born
- Jan 01, 1977
- Age
- 49
- Source
- Spacecrafts
- Residence
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Peter Beck is the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, which develops and launches rockets, satellites and other spacecraft for government and commercial customers.
- The New Zealand native founded Rocket Lab in 2006, moved its headquarters to California in 2013 and took it public via a SPAC merger that valued the company at $4.1 billion in 2021.
- Beck owns nearly 10% of Rocket Lab, which generated $600 million of revenue in 2025 and is the third most frequent orbital launcher globally behind SpaceX and the Chinese government.
- Rocket Lab, which is known for its smaller launch vehicles, plans to debut a larger rocket called Neutron in 2026, enabling the company to compete more directly with the giants of its industry.
- A self-taught engineer, Beck skipped college in 1993 and built rockets in his spare time, while working for a decade at an appliance manufacturer and government research institute in New Zealand.
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