Ever since Anousheh Ansari was a young girl growing up in Iran, she had stars in her eyes. On September 18, 2006, she made a childhood dream come true and paid a reported $20 million to become the world's first female space tourist.
"Ever since I was a kid, I've always dreamt of traveling to space," she says.
In 1984, Anousheh and her family immigrated to America from Iran. Anousheh was just 16 years old and didn't speak English. After seven years of hard work, she graduated from college with a master's degree in electrical engineering.
Anousheh went to work for MCI, where she met her husband, Hamid. The business-savvy couple decided to pool their money together and start their own company. "We knew we would succeed … but the level of success was a little bit more than what we expected," she says.
In just seven years, Anousheh and Hamid sold their corporation for $750 million, making he
r one of the wealthiest businesswomen in the world. She put her money toward a life-long dream and bought a seat aboard a Russian spacecraft!
She hopes her tale of determination, struggle, and ultimate triumph will inspire children and women everywhere to dream big, study hard and see obstacles as merely problems to be solved.
She is currently working toward a master’s degree in astronomy from Swinburne University.
Through out her career she has been able to realize her dream and contribute to the growth of her Passion.
- A member of the X Prize Foundation’s Vision Circle, as well as its Board of Trustees.
- She is a life member in the Association of Space Explorers
- She is on the advisory board of the Teacher’s in Space project.
- She also was awarded an honorary doctorate from International Space University.
Anousheh Ansari's Passion has been Identified
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