Mark Rocket (né Stevens)[1] is a New Zealand entrepreneur, aerospace executive, and the founder and CEO of Kea Aerospace. He was a seed investor and co-director of Rocket Lab from 2007 to 2011. Rocket became the first New Zealander to reach space through a suborbital flight with Blue Origin on the New Shepard NS-32 mission in 2025.
Career
Rocket founded two Internet companies in 1998 and sold one in 2006. He was a seed investor in Rocket Lab and served as a co-director from 2007 to 2011.[2] In 2018, he founded Kea Aerospace, a company developing solar-powered stratospheric aircraft, and serves as its CEO.[3] As of 2025, Rocket is the president of Aerospace New Zealand.[2]