Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp told CNBC that he only had one question for Jeff Bezos when he interviewed for the top job last year: Is the space company "a hobby or a business?"
"I don't know how to run a hobby," Limp said, adding that "if it was a hobby, it's not right for me."SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director saysLimp admitted that it took some convincing from Bezos for him to make the move over to the space sector. "My initial reaction was: It's not the right role for me because I'm not an aerospace engineer," he said. But he decided to take the leap of faith.
But the company said it's closer than ever to the long-awaited debut of its New Glenn rocket. Towering about 320 feet tall, the launch vehicle is advertised as lifting as much as 45,000 kilograms to low Earth orbit — double that of SpaceX's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. "We were very, very good at building shiny factories and very good at building high fidelity prototypes. And some of those prototypes even flew … but that's not what we want to do to scale to be a world class manufacturer," Limp said.But he said he sees genuine excitement for space across Blue's workforce, calling that passion the foundation of a "missionary culture.
To further shift Blue's culture, Limp highlighted a number of key leadership additions: Allen Parker as CFO after past executive finance roles at Zillow and Amazon; Jennifer Pena-Leanos as chief people officer, after running human resources in Limp's prior Amazon Devices team; Ian Richardson as senior vice president of manufacturing operations after a long stint as SpaceX production director; and Tim Collins as the vice president of global supply chain after previously leading global...
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