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Stockton Rush
American businessman (1962–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Richard Stockton Rush III (March 31, 1962 – June 18, 2023) was an American businessman and engineer, best known as the co-founder and chief executive officer of OceanGate, a deep-sea exploration company.
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Born | Richard Stockton Rush III (1962-03-31)March 31, 1962 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | June 18, 2023(2023-06-18) (aged 61) |
Cause of death | Implosion of Titan submersible |
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Wendy Weil (m. 1986) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Ralph K. Davies (grandfather) |
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After graduation from Princeton University, Rush worked for McDonnell Douglas as a flight test engineer on their F-15 program. He later worked for BlueView Technologies and the Museum of Flight in different capacities.[1] In 2009, he created the company OceanGate with Guillermo Söhnlein and was the only founder at OceanGate after Söhnlein's departure in 2013.
On June 18, 2023, Rush died along with four others in the Titan submersible implosion during an attempt to visit the wreck of the Titanic in OceanGate's submersible Titan.