Peter Beck

Founder, President, CEO & Chairman, Rocket Lab Corporation (RKLB)

Why it matters

The CEO view

New Zealand engineer who founded Rocket Lab in 2006 and built Electron into the second-most-launched US orbital rocket. Knighted in 2024. Runs the company as a vertically integrated manufacturer rather than a launch provider, and the Neutron programme and the Iridium acquisition are both his calls. The most quotable operator in the sector after Musk, and the one who publicly ate his hat over reusability.

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In their own words

Podcasts, interviews & articles

3 recorded appearances

2026

CNBC

Interview CNBC · Jul 1, 2026 · 5 min

Rocket Lab CEO on company's $8 billion deal to buy satellite communications provider Iridium

Beck argued the value in Iridium is the globally harmonised L-band spectrum and an operating network, and said Rocket Lab does not intend to take Starlink on directly - the target is emergency, defence and safety-of-life traffic rather than consumer broadband.

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Interview Dave G Investing · Jun 30, 2026 · 45 min

Talking Rocket Lab's New Era with Sir Peter Beck and Adam Spice

A long-form sit-down with Beck and CFO Adam Spice the day after the Iridium agreement, covering why an operating constellation beats building one from scratch and how the cash component gets financed.

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CNBC

Interview CNBC · Apr 17, 2026 · 3 min

Rocket Lab CEO sees space boom as SpaceX IPO reshapes industry

Beck said satellite demand, defence budgets and a public SpaceX are together pulling capital and customers into the sector faster than supply can meet.

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