F atih Ozmen is a Turkish-American self-made billionaire who is the CEO and co-owner of Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), a major American aerospace and defense contractor. He and his wife, Eren Ozmen, who is the chairwoman and majority owner, acquired the company in 1994 and have since transformed it from a small tech firm into a multi-billion dollar global powerhouse.

An electrical engineer by training, Fatih has been the technical and operational leader of the company. Together, he and his wife have grown SNC through a combination of organic innovation and dozens of strategic acquisitions. The company has become a prime contractor for the U.S. government, with expertise in a wide range of areas, including surveillance systems, aircraft modification, and commercial space. He has been a key driver of the company's ambitious Dream Chaser project, a reusable spaceplane designed to carry cargo and eventually crew to low-Earth orbit.