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Peter Beck: How one CEO transformed his fascination with space into a billion-dollar rocket company

Peter Beck: How one CEO transformed his fascination with space into a billion-dollar rocket company

Update: 2023-07-07
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Many companies claim they’re a rocketship—but few mean it literally. As a young child growing up in New Zealand, Peter Beck, CEO of Rocket Lab, spent a lot of time stargazing. His fascination in space inspired a passion-driven career of building a billion-dollar rocket company. Today, Rocket Lab touts the highest launch success rate of any rocket company in history—and was the first private company in the southern hemisphere to go to space. In this conversation, he shares founder lessons on how to build an unlikely business, driven by passion.
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Peter Beck: How one CEO transformed his fascination with space into a billion-dollar rocket company

Peter Beck: How one CEO transformed his fascination with space into a billion-dollar rocket company

Bessemer Venture Partners