Gregory Olsen

Gregory Hammond Olsen (born April 20, 1945) is an American businessman, engineer and scientist. In October 2005, he became the third private citizen to make a self-funded trip to the International Space Station with the company Space Adventures.^[1]

Gregory Olsen
Born	(1945-04-20) April 20, 1945 (age 80) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.S., B.Eng, M.S.) University of Virginia (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Space career
Space Adventures Tourist
Time in space	9d 21h 15m
Missions	Soyuz TMA-7 / Soyuz TMA-6
Scientific career
Fields	Material science
Thesis	The fcc-bcc transformation in thin iron films. (1970)
Doctoral advisor	William A. Jesser

Olsen was the co-founder and chairman of Sensors Unlimited Inc.