Oliver Daemen Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Profession	Student
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 172 cm in meters- 1.72 m in feet & inches- 5'8"
Eye Colour	Hazel
Hair Colour	Dark Brown
Career
Date of Birth	20 August 2003 (Wednesday)
Age (as of 2021)	18 Years
Zodiac	Leo
Birthplace	Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
School	Odulphus Lyceum
Educational Qualification	Daemen graduated high school in 2020. [1]WMFE
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Family
Parents	Father- Joes Daemen ( a CEO of a private equity firm in The Netherlands) Mother- Eline Daemen Dekker (ambassador at Somerset Capital Partners Foundation and volunteers with a program to combat loneliness among the elderly)
Siblings	He has three sisters. The names of the two sisters are Charlotte Daemen and Lily Daemen. Oliver Daemen with his family

Some Lesser Known Facts About Oliver Daemen

• Does Oliver Daemen drink?: Yes
  

  Oliver Daemen while holding a glass of alcohol

• Oliver Daemen is a Dutch teenage physics student who joined Jeff Bezos, a billionaire, into space on 20 July 2021. Oliver Daemen became the youngest person ever to fly to space and the fourth crew member of the flight.

• Jeff  Bezos’ ‘Blue Origin’ space company announced on 15 July 2021 that Oliver Daemen won the online bidding and reserved his seat for space.

• On 20 July 2021, the four people on a space mission included Oliver Daemen, Jeff Bezos and his brother Mark Bezos, and the legendary aviation pioneer ‘Wally Funk’ who at the age of 82 oldest person to travel space.
  

  A screenshot of a video Instagrammed by Oliver in which four crew are seen together

• Oliver Daemen was a high school graduate in 2020. In 2021, he joined the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands to study physics and innovation management. Oliver Daemen became the first paying customer who was on board the Blue Origin rocket on 20 July 2021.

• Oliver Daemen was born and raised in the Netherlands. He adores scuba diving.
  

  Oliver Daemen while scuba diving

• In July 2021, Blue Origin’s CEO ‘Bob Smith’ said in an interview,
  

  This marks the beginning of commercial operations for New Shepard, and Oliver represents a new generation of people who will help us build a road to space.”

• The company stated along with the announcement of Oliver Daemen’s launching to space that this journey on 20 July 2021,
  

  Fulfill a lifelong dream for Oliver, who has been fascinated by space, the moon, and rockets since he was four.”

• In a Twitter video, Oliver Daemen said on his selection to space in July 2021,
  

  I am super excited to go to space. I’ve been dreaming about this all my life and I will become the youngest astronaut ever because I’m 18 years old. I am super excited to experience zero-G and see the world from above.”

De 18-jarige Oliver Daemen uit Tilburg wordt de jongste astronaut ooit en de vierde Nederlander in de ruimte. Hij gaat mee met de ruimtereis van #BlueOrigin van #JeffBezos. Oliver is onderweg naar Texas, waar de lancering dinsdag plaatsvindt.https://t.co/hMsJWorRQK pic.twitter.com/5Xl3mqSAJt

— Bright (@Bright) July 15, 2021

• In July 2021, Blue Origin company designed ‘The New Shepard capsule’ to carry space tourists and researchers. Oliver Daemen and the other crew experience about three minutes of weightlessness during the 10-to-12-minute flight.

• In July 2021, Blue Origin said in a statement that Oliver was not the actual winning bidder of the seat. They said that the actual winner, whose name was not disclosed, skipped this flight due to “scheduling conflicts” so the company slotted Oliver Daemen. This anonymous bidder won the seat on $28 million. The company further stated that Oliver was the participant in the auction, but they did not disclose the amount Oliver Daemen paid for the seat.

• Reportedly, Oliver Daemen got his pilot’s license in his gap year of studies, and he is the son of a private equity executive. He received his Private Pilot License (2020 – 2021) from GRUPO ONE AIR AVIACION SL.

• On 15 July 2021, on announcing the name of Oliver as a fourth member of the crew, Blue Origin said,
  

  Oliver Daemen has been fascinated by space and rockets since he was 4 years old. Daemen represents a new class of spacefarers.”

  

  A Childhood picture of Oliver

• Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin said on the selection of Oliver for the takeoff on 15 July 2021,
  

  We thank the auction winner for their generous support of Club for the future and are honoured to welcome Oliver to fly with us on New Shepard.”

  He further added,

  This marks the beginning of commercial operations for New Shepard, and Oliver represents a new generation of people who will help us build a road to space.”

• Oliver, on his selection as a fourth crew member, said in another interview in July 2021,
  

  The journey to and from space is only 10 minutes long, but I already know it will be the most memorable 10 minutes of my life.”

• On July 20, 2021, Oliver Daemen, along with three fellow passengers Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, and female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, made a successful journey into space and landed back in West Texas. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket soared from remote West Texas on the 52nd anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing; Jeff Bezos chose this date for its historical significance. The Blue Origin flight went about 107 km high, while Branson’s Virgin Galactic flight reached a height of 86 km. Reportedly, Elon Musk‘s SpaceX Earth Orbit mission promises to go over 300 km up.
  

  Jeff Bezos and pioneering female aviator Wally Funk emerge from their capsule after their flight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket near Van Horn, Texas, U.S., July 20, 2021

• Oliver decided to pursue a degree in physics and innovation management at Utrecht University in the Netherlands in September 2021.

• The Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen who became the world’s youngest space traveller on 20 July 2021 surprised Jeff Bezos while on the flight in space by telling him that he had never ordered anything on Amazon.com. On 23 July 2021, in an interview with Reuters, Daemen said,
  

  I told Jeff, like, I’ve actually never bought something from Amazon.”

  He further added that Jeff replied to him,

  And he was like, ‘oh, wow, it’s a long time ago I heard someone say that’.”