Fatih Ozmen
$3.82B
as of 01/03/25
About Fatih Ozmen
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.
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Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
AerospaceResidence
Reno , NevadaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
02/02/58 (age 66)Self-made
self-madeFatih Ozmen’s fortune is worth
64K
troy ounces of gold
59K
median U.S. household
38K
median U.S. income
0.076%
U.S. credit card volume
0.015%
GDP of the United States
0.011%
United States debt
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Did you know?
Ozmen and his wife used their house as collateral to get a loan and take control of the company in a management buyout.
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