Steve Fossett Born 1945 Steve Fossett is drawn to adventure. The fifty-two-year-old Chicago-based investor and self-made millionaire has swum the English Channel and competed in Alaska’s 1,165-mile Iditarod dogsled race. He is the only man to have...

(born April 22, 1944, Jackson, Tenn., U.S.—disappeared Sept. 3, 2007, western Nevada) American businessman and adventurer, who set a number of world records, most notably in aviation and sailing. In 2002 he became the first balloonist to...

American adventurer (born April 22, 1944, Jackson, Tenn.—disappeared Sept. 3, 2007, northern Nevada) set a number of world records in aviation and sailing; he became the first balloonist to circumnavigate the world alone in 2002 and made the...

1945- American yachtsman, balloonist, and endurance sportsman who made a career of setting world sports records during his worldwide adventures. Fossett swam the English Channel in 1985. In 1992 he participated in the Idatarod Dogsled Race. In 1995 he...

James Stephen Fossett (born April 22, 1944) is an American aviator, sailor and adventurer who has been missing since September 3, 2007. Fossett was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial...