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]
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 will fly on board SpaceX Axiom Space-1, planned for January 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]
References
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- "Montreal businessman Mark Pathy to be part of first fully private human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station" – via 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)". 26 July 1984 – via NYTimes.com.
- "The Pathys took long and winding road to Montreal | TradeWinds". TradeWinds | Latest shipping and maritime news.
- Mercier, Noémi. "Mécénat incognito". L’actualité.
- "Someone to watch over the federal government" – via The Globe and Mail.
- "George Pathy, Headed Top Shipping Concern (Published 1981)". 6 September 1981 – via NYTimes.com.
- "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
- "Axiom Space names first private crew to launch to space station". 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- Meet the people paying $55 million each to fly to the space station
- Robert Z. Pearlman (26 January 2021). "Axiom Space Names First Private Crew to Visit Space Station". Scientific American. SPACE.com.
See also
- SpaceX Axiom Space-1 spacetravellers
- Larry Connor (US - pilot)
- Eytan Stibbe (Israeli - mission specialist)
- Michael López-Alegría (US - commander)