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Billionaire goes from basement to world’s first private spacewalk

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New York City | Jared Isaacman has come a long way from his parents’ basement in New Jersey.

The billionaire founder, who planted the seeds of payments company Shift4 in his family home as a teenager, embarked on a mission to outer space this week, soaring farther from Earth than any person has been in more than half a century.

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