| 1. Jared Isaacman co-founded Deco Systems at 9 with Brendan Lauber. |
| 2. He launched United Bank Card from his home and it thrived. |
| 3. Jared pursued jet flying with professional training due to his love for aviation. |
| 4. He established 'Draken International' for contracted air services. |
| 5. In key business decisions, he obtained MSI and Shift4 Payments. |
| 6. Jared served as the commander for 'Inspiration4', the initial civilian spaceflight in 2021. |
| 7. He commanded the Polaris Dawn mission in 2024, during which he and crewmate Sarah Gillis became the first civilians to conduct a spacewalk. |
| 8. Shift4 Payments went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2020 and processes payments for SpaceX's Starlink. |
| 9. Jared Isaacman co-founded Deco Systems at age 9 with Brendan Lauber. |
| 10. He founded United Bank Card at age 16 from his parents' basement. |
| 11. United Bank Card was later renamed Harbortouch and then Shift4 Payments. |
| 12. By 2015, Shift4 was generating $300 million in revenue and processing $11 billion annually. |
| 13. By 2020, Shift4 was processing $200 billion in payments annually. |
| 14. In 2020, Shift4 began processing payments for SpaceX's Starlink satellite-internet business. |
| 15. He co-founded Draken International in 2012, which provided adversary training to U.S. military pilots. |
| 16. Draken International operated one of the world's largest privately owned fleets of fighter jets. |
| 17. Isaacman sold Draken International in 2019. |
| 18. He co-founded the Black Diamond Jet Team in 2010 and performed in airshows. |
| 19. In April 2009, he set a world record for circumnavigating the globe in a light jet (Cessna Citation CJ2) in 61 hours, 51 minutes, and 15 seconds. |
| 20. He commanded Inspiration4 in September 2021, the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight, which raised over $250 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |
| 21. He pledged $100 million to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |
| 22. He commanded Polaris Dawn in September 2024, reaching an altitude of almost 900 miles. |
| 23. During Polaris Dawn, he performed the first commercial spacewalk. |
| 24. Polaris Dawn placed the crew farther from Earth than any human since Apollo 17. |
| 25. He made the first-known sports bet from space during the Inspiration4 mission. |
| 26. In December 2024, President Donald Trump nominated him as NASA Administrator. |
| 27. He was sworn in as the 15th Administrator of NASA on December 18, 2025. |
| 28. He left his role as CEO of Shift4 Payments in 2025. |
