Mark Pathy (born July 1969)[1] is a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and commercial astronaut. He is the CEO of Mavrik, a privately owned Canadian investment company. He is also the chairman of Stingray Group[2] and the former co-CEO of Fednav,[3] a private shipping company co-founded by his great-uncle, Ernest Pathy, who was an immigrant from Hungary.[4][5][6]
Mark Pathy | |
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| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) |
| Space career | |
Time in space | 17 days, 1 hour and 48 minutes |
| Missions | Axiom Mission 1 |
Biography
editHis mother Constance was born in the Netherlands while his father, Laurence Pathy, was born in Egypt to Hungarian parents and is a close friend and former business partner of Paul Martin.[7][8] His father is also a cousin of Mariette Pathy Allen.[9]
He grew up in Montreal and attended Selwyn House School,[10] where he was classmates with politician Greg Fergus and businessmen Vincenzo Guzzo and Michael Penner.[11] He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Toronto and an MBA from INSEAD.[12]
The Pathy Family Foundation, which he serves as secretary, had more than $252 million CAD in assets as of 2018.[13] Mark Pathy and his wife Jessica recently contributed to a fundraising campaign for the Montreal Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Foundation which raised $5.5 million to date and saw the recently created Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases named in their honour.[14] The JGH’s Jess and Mark Pathy Centre of Excellence in Infectious Diseases focuses on advancing knowledge of antibiotics and vaccines; preventing infections; developing rapid diagnostics and mapping the molecular structure of infections.[14]
Spaceflight
editIn January 2021, it was announced that Pathy paid for a seat on board SpaceX Axiom Space-1 as a mission specialist alongside Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Michael López-Alegría.[15] The mission launched on April 8, 2022.[16] He received his astronaut pin during the welcoming ceremony at the ISS, 584th space traveller in the world.[17] Mark Pathy paid $50 million USD for the trip.[18] He became the third Canadian private citizen, after Guy Laliberté and William Shatner, and 12th Canadian overall in space.[19] The Ax-1 mission saw Pathy take part in over a dozen research projects on board involving Canadian universities as well as the Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute.[20]
See also
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- SpaceX Axiom Space-1 space travellers
- Larry Connor (US - pilot)
- Eytan Stibbe (Israeli - mission specialist)
- Michael López-Alegría (US - commander)
References
edit- ^ ltd, company check. "MR MARK LAURENCE PATHY director information. Free director information. Director id 913094478". Company Check.
- ^ Praet, Nicolas Van (26 January 2021). "Montreal businessman Mark Pathy to be part of first fully private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station". The Globe and Mail.
- ^ "Fednav Limited announces leadership changes | Fednav". www.fednav.com.
- ^ "Fednav celebrates its 75th anniversary". 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Ladislav Pathy, 87, Is Dead; Former Business Executive (Published 1984)". The New York Times. 26 July 1984.
- ^ "The Pathys took long and winding road to Montreal | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news. 13 January 2000.
- ^ Mercier, Noémi (13 May 2016). "Mécénat incognito". L’actualité.
- ^ "Someone to watch over the federal government". The Globe and Mail. 5 December 2003.
- ^ "George Pathy, Headed Top Shipping Concern (Published 1981)". The New York Times. 6 September 1981.
- ^ "Old Boy plans trip to Space Station". Selwyn House School. 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Selwyn House School Yearbook 1985". Selwyn House School. 1 February 1985 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Mark L. Pathy". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Pathy family foundation/fondation de la famille Pathy, charitydata.ca
- ^ a b "In The News » JGH Foundation". JGH Foundation. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Axiom Space names first private crew to launch to space station". 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Mike Wall (18 March 2022). "2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed by a few days". Space.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Axiom Ax-1 Crew welcomed by International Space Station Expedition 67 Crew, 9 April 2022, retrieved 25 April 2022
- ^ Reynolds, Christopher (18 November 2021). "Private Canadian astronaut paying $50M to be 'lab rat' in pain experiments on space station". National Post. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. SPACE.com.
- ^ Reynolds, Christopher (17 November 2021). "Private Canadian astronaut gears up for 'pain' experiments in space". Montreal. Retrieved 9 February 2022.