Rocket companies aren't cheap. Fortunately, Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO until 2021, has a ton of Amazon stock and uses it to fund Blue Origin and his other interests. Unlike SpaceX, which continues to go to the private equity markets early and often, Blue Origin remains tightly held with Bezos as primary shareholder and funder.

In 2021, Justin Sun paid $28 million to be Blue Origin's first commercial passenger. However, scheduling conflicts delayed his trip. On Aug. 3, Sun finally