The wife of the OceanGate CEO on board the tourist submarine that went missing while surveying the Titanic shipwreck in the Atlantic Ocean is a descendant of two passengers who died on the Titanic, according to a new report.
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, 61, founded the company in 2009 and also oversees its financial and engineering strategies, according to the company’s website.
The company, which provides submersibles for tourism and research purposes, confirmed that Rush is onboard the missing vessel in a statement earlier this week, adding that he is “a member of the crew.”
The CEO and aerospace engineer married Wendy Rush—born Wendy Hollings Weil—in 1986, according to a New York Times wedding announcement, and Rush is the communications director at OceanGate, according to her LinkedIn profile….