Mark Pathy

Mark Pathy (born July 1969[1]) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. 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 grandfather and great-uncle, Ladislav and Ernest Pathy, who were immigrants from Hungary.[4][5][6]

Mark Pathy
BornJuly 1969
Space career
Axiom Space space tourist
MissionsSpaceX Ax1

Biography

His 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]

In January 2021, it was announced that Pathy was due to fly on board SpaceX Axiom Space-1, planned for February 2022, as a mission specialist alongside Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe and Michael López-Alegría.[14] He is paying $55 million USD for the trip.[15] He would become the second Canadian private astronaut, after Guy Laliberté, and 11th Canadian overall in space.[16]

See also
SpaceX Axiom Space-1 spacetravellers

References
  1. ltd, company check. "MR MARK LAURENCE PATHY director information. Free director information. Director id 913094478". Company Check.
  2. "Montreal businessman Mark Pathy to be part of first fully private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station" – via The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Fednav Limited announces leadership changes | Fednav". www.fednav.com.
  4. "Fednav celebrates its 75th anniversary". 23 October 2019.
  5. "Ladislav Pathy, 87, Is Dead; Former Business Executive (Published 1984)". 26 July 1984 – via NYTimes.com.
  6. "The Pathys took long and winding road to Montreal | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news.
  7. Mercier, Noémi. "Mécénat incognito". L’actualité.
  8. "Someone to watch over the federal government" – via The Globe and Mail.
  9. "George Pathy, Headed Top Shipping Concern (Published 1981)". 6 September 1981 – via NYTimes.com.
  10. "Old Boy plans trip to Space Station". Selwyn House School. 27 January 2021.
  11. "Selwyn House School Yearbook 1985". Selwyn House School. 1 February 1985 – via Internet Archive.
  12. "Mark L. Pathy". The Wall Street Journal.
  13. Pathy family foundation/fondation de la famille Pathy, charitydata.ca
  14. "Axiom Space names first private crew to launch to space station". 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  15. Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station
  16. Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. SPACE.com.
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