The success story of one of the most prominent immigrant women and her spaceship

Spaceship Dream Chaser. Photo: Sierra Nevada

The day will come when the spacecraft assembled in the USA Dream Chaser (“The Runner for a Dream”) will go into space with astronauts and loads on board. The project is headed by Eren Ozmen, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in America, co-owner and president of a space systems and technology company. Sierra Nevada Corporationwrites “Share America«.

Eren always worked hard. And she was always drawn to the stars.

Photo: Facebook / Eren Ozmen

Eren is from Turkey, at the beginning of her career she worked in a bank in the afternoon and studied in the evenings.

“Young years spent in my homeland will always have a special place in my life,” says Eren. “Already in childhood, I learned to strive for the best and achieve results, changing the world around me.”

She left home at the beginning of 1980's, barely speaking in English. In the United States, the University of Nevada Reno Ehren received a Master of Business Administration.

“I missed my family a lot,” Eren says. “It was hard to leave, but I wanted to fulfill my American dream.”

At the head of a successful company

In 1994, she bought with her husband Fatih Sierra Nevada Corporation, an international space, aviation and electronic company. Under the leadership of the Ozmen couple Sierra Nevada Corporation has grown from an enterprise with 20 employees to a global billion-dollar firm operating in 18 US states and four foreign countries. Today there are more than 3 thousands of employees.

Photo: Facebook / Eren Ozmen

In 2014 year Sierra Nevada Corporation entered the “Top Ten Innovative Space Companies of the World”. She owns the development of the space shuttle Dream Chaser.

For her professional achievements, Eren Ozmen has received many awards. In 2017, Carnegie Corporation of New York included it on its list of outstanding immigrants who “made an invaluable contribution to the development of society, culture and the economy.” Two years ago a magazine Turk of America in the 30 ranking of the most influential Turkish American women, put Eren in second place, indicating that she is “a true role model.”

In 2017, along with celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce Knowles, she was named one of America’s richest women to succeed on her own. Eren Ozmen said: “It is a great honor. I am even a bit stunned. ”

Spouses Ozmen assist entrepreneurs. The Center for Entrepreneurship, founded by them at the University of Nevada at Reno, aims to promote bold ideas and attract students and teachers to business.

Photo: Facebook / Eren Ozmen

“I am grateful to America for the opportunities given to our family,” says Ozmen. “I like sharing experiences and helping young people realize their creative potential.”

New Frontier

In collaboration with NASA Sierra Nevada Corporation working on a project to deliver cargo to the International Space Station on a ship Dream Chaser. In 2021, a space flight is planned with the United Nations with the participation of space explorers from developing countries.

“In our youth, Fatih and I dreamed of traveling to the stars,” says Eren. But I could not even imagine that everything would be exactly as we wanted. ”

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