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Rocket Lab ($RKLB) CEO Peter Beck (@Peter_J_Beck ) says Neutron can be strategically valuable even if SpaceX ($SPCX) achieves a fully reusable Starship and offers ... Show more
Space Nov 11
'There's tremendous demand': Rocket Lab raises price of Neutron launch from $55 million to $70 million
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Space Oct 16
Rocket Lab pushes 1st launch of next-gen Neutron rocket to 2027: Rocket Lab has delayed the debut of its powerful, partially reusable Neutron launcher to 2027 ...
space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/rocket-lab-pushes-1st-launch-of-next-gen-neutron-rocket-to-2027
Rocket Lab, founded in 2006 by Sir Peter Beck, is often lauded in New Zealand for catalysing our space industry. It is now an American corporation with ... Show more
BusinessDesk Sep 05
Paid articlePaywall On the Money: CEO Index awards, Cam Heggie, the RBNZ, Rukumoana Schaafhausen, Peter Beck, and more
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BusinessDesk Sep 01
BusinessDesk CEO of the Year: Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck: Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck won the BusinessDesk CEO of the Year at the 2026 BusinessDesk CEO Index ...
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BusinessDesk Aug 09
The discipline of audacity: Peter Beck’s relentless push to space: The BusinessDesk CEO Index, driven by Range Rover, has returned for its second year ...
businessdesk.co.nz/article/ceo-index/the-discipline-of-audacity-peter-becks-relentless-push-to-space
Paid articlePaywall Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Super Micro Computer, GE Vernova, Rocket Lab and more
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From a garage in New Zealand to the global space race: How Peter Beck built Rocket Lab to challenge Musk and Bezos
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Paid articlePaywall Emotional moments at Challenge Roth: What athletes from the region have to say: 3,500 starters, 300,000 spectators: A number of athletes from West Middle ...
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BusinessDesk Jul 02
Paid articlePaywall From Peter Beck to Chris Meehan: How founder reliance can make or break a company's future
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Spaceflight: Rocket Lab attacks SpaceX: The rocket manufacturer acquires satellite operator Iridium, thus entering the satellite telephony market.
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What to know as NBR releases its 2026 Rich List: The 2026 list from the National Business Review revealed the number of billionaires in New Zealand had risen ...
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Funds worldwide will now have to buy shares in Sir Peter Beck's firm.
🔗 Rocket Lab joins the business world's most exclusive club, alongside SpaceX
BusinessDesk Jun 02
Paid articlePaywall OpinionWhat the SpaceX IPO means for Rocket Lab: When Elon Musk finally pulls the trigger on a SpaceX initial public offering, which could happen as soon as June 12 ...
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The Kiwi-American firm scores wins from the Pentagon to the Red Planet.
🔗 Why Rocket Lab shares just jumped a third, lifting Sir Peter Beck's wealth to $9b
Record quarter for Rocket Lab, hopes to join Trump's 'Golden Dome': The New Zealand-founded company was well placed to benefit from the Trump administration's ...
1news.co.nz/2026/05/08/record-quarter-for-rocket-lab-looks-to-join-trumps-golden-dome/
Bunsen burner, sink, folder mischief not rocket science: The long-awaited Sir Peter Beck Science and Innovation Centre has opened at James Hargest College.
odt.co.nz/southland/bunsen-burner-sink-folder-mischief-not-rocket-science
Paid articlePaywall Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck makes a statement as he takes a $799,999 pay cut: The company says it will take the money that would have gone toward Beck’s future ...
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BusinessDesk Feb 03
Paid articlePaywall OpinionThe real question: After Rocket Lab, who’s next?: Is Rocket Lab a great company, as my fellow BusinessDesk columnist Eden Bradfield asked with a large dollop of ...
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Inside Rocket Lab's effort to outpace larger space rivals: The private space economy is growing significantly and the year ahead could be a big one ...
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BusinessDesk Nov 13 25
If you're afraid to fail you'll never innovate, says Peter Beck: Rocket Lab founder Peter Beck is one of those remarkable entrepreneurs who is making ...
businessdesk.co.nz/article/ceo-index/if-youre-afraid-to-fail-youll-never-innovate-says-peter-beck
BusinessDesk Oct 30 25
Rocket Lab at 20: From pipe dream to $50 billion space empire: Rocket Lab is on the brink of turning 20 – and what began as one man’s dream in an ...
businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/rocket-lab-at-20-from-pipe-dream-to-50-billion-space-empire
The hours around rocket launches tend to be anything but smooth for him.
🔗 ‘I hate launch day’: Why Rocket Lab boss Sir Peter Beck will lose sleep this week
Episode Four: Criminalizing Care: The remarkable life and cruel death of Peter McWilliams, an AIDS and cancer patient who played a critical role in the ...
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The billionaire jokes he 'probably won’t be winning any awards' for father of the year. #HeraldPremium 🔗 Cars, fighter jets and family dinner: How Rocket Lab’s Sir Peter Beck unwinds
The southlander is paying it forward, investing in multiple NZ startups. #HeraldPremium 🔗 The $6b man: Sir Peter Beck rockets up the rich list
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Paid articlePaywall Meet Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck, the Self-Taught Engineer Going Head-to-Head With Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
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NASA Denied Peter Beck An Internship 20 Years Ago So He Drew A Logo On A Napkin And Launched Rocket Lab —
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Peter Beck is the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, one of SpaceX's biggest rivals.
His daily routine includes an early wake-up, a mandatory sweet at lunch ... Show more
The venture capital firm is flush after raising new capital and is looking to invest. #HeraldPremium
3D printing shakes up the space industry: Small companies are producing parts for constructing rockets using 3D printing, a technology that has potential to ...
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This rocket maker is notching NASA contracts and planning satellite constellations—and it’s not owned by Musk or Bezos
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#BREAKING | New Zealand-born and United States-listed space company Rocket Lab, led by Sir Peter Beck, has revealed its strongest financial year on record. #HeraldPremium
Self-made billionaire CEO goes home for dinner with his kids—then back to the office to more work: 'That's just the gig'
cnbc.com/2024/12/18/billionaire-ceo-peter-beck-tough-work-life-balance-is-just-the-gig.html
He built a $12 billion rocket company without a college degree—but has no desire to go to space: It wouldn't 'be very enjoyable'
cnbc.com/2024/12/11/rocket-lab-ceo-peter-beck-i-have-no-burning-desire-to-visit-outer-space.html
47-year-old billionaire: 'My superpowers' are paranoia, workaholism and micromanaging—'that's worked for me'
cnbc.com/2024/12/09/billionaire-rocket-lab-ceo-paranoia-is-one-of-my-superpowers.html
Rocket Lab's CEO says being paranoid at work is his superpower: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck views paranoia as a leadership asset but experts caution about burnout ...
businessinsider.com/rocket-lab-ceo-beck-paranoia-superpower-can-lead-to-burnout-2024-12
Paid articlePaywall Trump Choice for NASA Will Help Space Industry: Rocket Lab CEO Beck: President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of a billionaire close to SpaceX founder Elon Musk as ...
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Rocket Lab CEO practices founder mode, pans for gold in free time: Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck broke down his morning routine, which starts before 5 a.m ...
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Paid articlePaywall Rocket Lab Shows SpaceX Isn’t the Only Rival in Orbit for Boeing and Lockheed: The rapid development of reusable rockets spells trouble for Boeing and Lockheed ...
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Rocket Lab’s Founder Peter Beck Just Became The World’s Newest Space Billionaire: The New Zealand native has turned his scrappy rocket company into a small but ...
forbes.com/sites/mattdurot/2024/11/15/rocket-labs-founder-peter-beck-just-became-the-worlds-newest-space-billionaire/
"I wake up every morning and think ‘Right, we’ve got milestones to hit, how do we get here?’” #HeraldPremium 👉 Rocket Lab founder Sir Peter Beck on his plans to seize a $535 billion space opportunity - NZ Herald
“A few hundred million dollars is crazy small to do what we’re going to do.”
👉 Ambitious or realistic? Sir Peter Beck gives Neutron rocket development update - NZ Herald
SpaceX rival on competing with Elon Musk and not wanting to go to Mars: Sir Peter Beck has built Rocket Lab into a $3.5 billion space company and SpaceX ...
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Rocket Lab’s sunny outlook bodes well for future constellation plans : Rocket Lab surpassed $100 million in quarterly revenue for the first time ...
techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/rocket-labs-sunny-outlook-bodes-well-for-future-constellation-plans/
Craig Piggott founded smart cow-collar company Halter eight years ago while he was working at Sir Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab and now it’s expanding into the ... Show more
Elon Musk might dream of going to Mars, but two spacecraft made by Sir Peter Beck’s Rocket Lab will beat him to the Red Planet - or at least its orbit. #HeraldPremium
Fisher & Paykel Appliances apprentice turned self-taught rocket scientist Peter Beck has since 2006 been chief executive of the aerospace company pivotal in ... Show more
Sir Peter Beck: Ambitions interplanetary and down-to-Earth: Newly knighted Sir Peter Beck still has a couple more things he would like to achieve before his time ...
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