Wife of OceanGate CEO Onboard Missing Tourist Submarine Is Descendant of Titanic Victims: Report

The OceanGate logo is pictured on a trailer at the Port of Everett Boat Yard in Everett, Washington, on June 20, 2023. Jason Redmond/AFP via Getty Images

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.