Eric C. Anderson
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| Born | 1974 (age 42–43) |
| Residence | Bellevue, Washington |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Chairman of Space Adventures, Ltd.; CEO of Intentional Software Corporation; Co-Founder of Planetary Power, Inc. |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Home town | Littleton, Colorado |
| Spouse(s) | Inessa Anderson |
| Children | 4 |
Eric C. Anderson (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur and aerospace engineer. He is the co-founder and chairman of Space Adventures Ltd., the first commercial spaceflight company, which has arranged for eight missions for privately-funded individuals to the International Space Station since 2001. Anderson is widely credited as having established the market for commercial spaceflight. He is also a founding partner of Space Angels Network, CEO of Intentional Software Corporation, co-founder and chairman of Planetary Power, Inc., co-founder and co-chairman of Planetary Resources and chairman of Personal.com and Booster Fuels.
Anderson was raised in Littleton, Colorado, by his father, an American real estate entrepreneur, and his Argentine mother. As a child, he showed an early interest space exploration, and read Cosmos by Carl Sagan in third grade. Anderson also developed strengths in computers and mathematics: by fifth grade he wrote computer programs and by his freshman year of high school had completed all of the math classes that the school offered.
He attended Columbine High School and graduated in 1992. Early in high school, Anderson intended to join the Air Force as a pilot, with the goal of eventually becoming an astronaut. However, his diagnosed myopia would have prevented him from being able to pass the physical examinations to enter the Air Force. Anderson decided to attend the University of Virginia and major in aerospace engineering and computer science in order to study space technologies and continue his interest in space exploration. At the university, he began a chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space. In 1996, he graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science in aerospace engineering and computer science, and first in his class in the university's engineering school.
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