Bob Smith — CEO, Blue Origin

**Bob Smith** is the CEO of **Blue Origin**, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000. Blue Origin is building the New Glenn heavy-lift launch vehicle, the BE-4 rocket engine (which also powers ULA's Vulcan Centaur), the Blue Moon lunar lander (selected by NASA for Artemis V), and the New Shepard suborbital vehicle for space tourism and research.