Kamal Ghaffarian
About Kamal Ghaffarian
Kamal "Kam" Ghaffarian is a serial entrepreneur who has started companies in nuclear energy, lunar landers and space stations.
He founded small modular nuclear reactor manufacturer X-Energy in 2009; the firm is developing a reactor for a Dow chemicals plant in Texas.
In 2015, he cofounded Intuitive Machines, which makes moon landers. The company listed on the Nasdaq through a blank check company in February 2023.
Axiom Space, which he cofounded in 2016, is developing the world's first commercial space station, with a planned launch date of 2031.
He sold his first company SGT--which he cofounded in 1994 and became NASA's second-largest engineering services provider--to KBR for $355 million in 2018.
In February 2024, Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander completed the first American mission to the moon since 1972.
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Naples, FloridaMarital status
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04/28/58 (age 66)Education
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Catholic University of America; Master, George Washington UniversitySelf-made
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Ghaffarian was born in Iran and moved to the U.S. at 18 for his college studies.
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NASDAQ | LUNR-US
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