Dylan Taylor (born October 23, 1970) is an American executive, space tourist, and super angel investor in the NewSpace industry.
In the early 2000s, Taylor left Saia-Burgess to move back to Chicago where he joined LaSalle Partners, an investment banking and real estate services firm.
He was promoted several times at LaSalle before he left in 2009 to join Colliers International, a real estate services firm based Toronto.
[9][10] According to Ars Technica, a "subsequent investigation, however, found there had been no improper dealings", and "Taylor and Colliers issued a joint statement, amicably settling the matter.
[11][12] His investments included in World View Enterprises in Arizona which is developing high-altitude balloons and Golden Spike Company in Colorado which planned to offer private commercial space transportation to the Moon.
[7] In 2017, Taylor founded Space For Humanity, a nonprofit that plans to purchase seats on commercial spaceflight for people who typically would not have access.
The New Shepard rocket launched the crew to an altitude of 351,225 feet (107,053 meters) and returned to back to Earth.
[30] Taylor, along with the other members of Blue Origins NS-19, were the final recipients of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings,[31] an aviator wings-like badge created by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage and draw attention to commercial space flight.