- Billionaire Larry Connor plans to travel to the site of the Titanic wreck in a two-man submersible.
- Connor’s voyage comes after the Ocean Gate submersible suffered an explosion in June 2023.
- Connor is a thrill-seeker who set a world record for jumping from a hot air balloon.
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After flying in space and exploring the Mariana Trench, an Ohio billionaire is setting his sights on a new adventure: the sinking of the Titanic.
Real estate investor Larry Conner, 74, will be sailing with Triton Submarines co-founder and CEO Patrick Lahey, the submersible company confirmed in a May announcement. Instagram PostsHe called it “groundbreaking.”
The two The Wall Street Journal In May, they announced they would visit the site of the Titanic’s wreck to prove the work can be done safely after last year’s Ocean Gate tragedy.
Oceangate CEO Stockton Rush and four other passengers died when the company’s submersible, Titan, imploded on the way to the Titanic’s wreck site.
“I want to show the world that the ocean is incredibly powerful but if approached in the right way, it can also be an amazing, fun and truly life-changing thing,” Connor told the media.
Even before he announced his ambitions for deep-sea exploration, Connor was seeking thrills on land and in Earth’s orbit.
Here’s what we know about Connor.