Ian Vorbach
COO & Co-Founder
- Portal Space Systems

Ian Vorbach is COO and co-founder of in-space mobility startup Portal Space Systems He is also the writer of SpaceDotBiz (www.space.biz), an over 2,000 subscriber newsletter about startups and investing in the space industry Prior to his career in space, Ian was employee 20 at CPG startup BodyArmor, which was acquired by Coca-Cola for $5.6B in 2021 He was also employee 15 at CPG startup Core Hydration, which was acquired by Doctor Pepper Snapple Group in its 3rd year of operations for $525M in 2018 Ian holds an MS in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford, an MBA from Wharton, and a BS in Physics from Yale University