First paying space traveler

Dennis A. Tito, founder of Wilshire Associates, created the index now known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Composite Index, the broadest measure of the U.S. securities markets. Mr. Tito is also famous for becoming the world's first paying space traveler in 2001 when he flew with a Russian crew aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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