By Abdulrahman Abdullahi
World’s richest man, Jeff Bezos, announced on his Instagram account that he will be joining the first human flight to space next month on the New Shepherd rocket.
The Amazon Chief Executive Officer will be the first billionaire in space.
“Ever since I was five years old, I’ve dreamed of travelling to space. On July 20th, I will take that journey with my brother,” Bezos said on Monday.
The flight will take place 15 days after he will hand over the position as CEO.
Bezoz who net worth is $180bn, will be replaced as CEO by Andy Jassy, the head of Amazon Web Services.
His space company, Blue Origin said the billionaire’s brother Mark will join the flight.
The price of the tickets has not been announced, but Blue Origin said it has reserved one spot for the winner of a month-long auction.
According to CNN, the bidding has reached $2.8m as of Monday. Almost 6,000 people from 143 countries are participating.