Stockton Rush

Stockton Rush
Rush in 2015
Born	Richard Stockton Rush III (1962-03-31)March 31, 1962 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died	June 18, 2023(2023-06-18) (aged 61) North Atlantic Ocean (near the wreck of the Titanic)
Cause of death	Implosion of Titan submersible
Education	Princeton University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (MBA)
Occupation	Businessman
Title	Co-founder and CEO of OceanGate Test engineer at McDonnell Douglas
Term	2009–2023 (OceanGate) 1980s (McDonnell Douglas)
Spouse	Wendy Weil ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2
Relatives	Ralph K. Davies (grandfather)
Stockton Rush's voice On the benefits of oceanic exploration Recorded March 2015

Richard Stockton Rush III (March 31, 1962 – June 18, 2023) was an American businessman who was the co-founder and chief executive officer of OceanGate, a deep-sea exploration company.

After graduation from Princeton University, Rush worked for McDonnell Douglas as a flight test engineer on their F-15 program. He later worked for BlueView Technologies and the Museum of Flight in different capacities.^[1] In 2009, he created the company OceanGate with Guillermo Söhnlein and was the only founder at OceanGate after Söhnlein's departure in 2013.

On June 18, 2023, Rush died along with four others in the Titan submersible implosion during an attempt to visit the wreck of the Titanic in OceanGate's submersible Titan.