Hélène Huby is a French rocket scientist and space scientist. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Exploration Company, which aims to democratize space exploration.[1][2]

Hélène Huby
NationalityFrench
EducationMasters Degree
Alma materÉcole normale supérieure & École nationale d'administration
OccupationRocket Scientist
OrganizationThe Exploration Company

Jean Le Bret was her great-grandfather.

Education

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Huby obtained her master's degree in Economics and Mathematics from the École normale supérieure and her master's degree in Public Administration from the École nationale d'administration.[3]

Career

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Huby is the chief executive officer of The Exploration Company. She started her career at a European SME undergoing turnaround where she focused mainly on the Internet.[4] Then moved to the company FaberNovel (Paris, Hamburg) to manage several digital innovation projects. Later she became Director of Innovation at Airbus Defence & Space (Toulouse, Paris, Bremen, Munich, Madrid).[4][5]

Huby served as an executive at Airbus Defence & Space and ArianeGroup both in operational and strategic roles. She has been in medical research.[6] Hélène Huby has co-founded and is a Member of the Board of the Microbiome Foundation. She is the Founder & Chair of Urania Ventures, a deep tech investment company. She is the Founder & Chair of The Karman Project.,[7][8] a non-profit foundation which fosters trust, independent dialogue and cooperation between the ones who shape the future of space.

References

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  1. ^ Alamalhodaei, Aria (2022-07-28). "The Exploration Company is developing a brand new reusable orbital spacecraft". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  2. ^ Federation, International Astronautical. "IAF : Hélène HUBY". www.iafastro.org. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  3. ^ "LiveEO | #23: 40m Series A To Colonize Space (Hélène Huby, The Exploration Company)". www.live-eo.com. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  4. ^ a b Hélène Huby (The Exploration Company): The Exploration Company lève 47 millions d'euros - 06/02 (in French), retrieved 2023-06-07
  5. ^ Iuga, Anamaria (2023-02-05). "🚀 Hélène Huby's The Exploration Company Raises Record €40.5M in Series A". FemWealth. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  6. ^ "HELENE HUBY – Microbiome Foundation". Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  7. ^ "Hélène Huby CHAIR KARMAN PROJECT | The Karman Project". www.karmanproject.org. Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  8. ^ "#23: 40m Series A To Colonize Space (Hélène Huby, The Exploration Company) – NewSpaceVision". Retrieved 2023-06-07.
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