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Blue Origin

Aerospace company building reusable rockets for orbital, lunar, and tourist spaceflight.
Blue Origin is Jeff Bezos's privately funded aerospace company developing reusable rockets (New Shepard, New Glenn), the BE-4 engine, the Blue Moon lunar lander, and the Orbital Reef commercial space station. It has no priced funding rounds — Bezos funds it personally, reportedly selling ~$1B+/yr of Amazon stock — and has never published an official valuation.
Space 📍 Kent, USA Founded 2000
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE

QL Price

$140B
0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Blue Origin, published 2026-10-08 — in line with the last disclosed round of $140B (2026-10).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $140B 2026-10 weight 0.99
Secondary market print $140B 2026-06-27 weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Blue Origin since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-08 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
How to actually get exposure to Blue Origin →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
Cite this price as QuantLogix QL Price, Blue Origin, 2026-10-08 (b032d84112e6fb29). The id pins this exact claim, so a citation stays checkable after the price moves. Model estimate for research — not a quote, target price, or investment advice.

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Blue Origin going public?
No. Blue Origin is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Blue Origin's valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Blue Origin. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Blue Origin filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Blue Origin.
Who are Blue Origin's investors?
Blue Origin's investors include Jeff Bezos (sole funder).
Is Blue Origin publicly traded — can you buy Blue Origin stock?
No. Blue Origin is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Blue Origin on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Blue Origin →
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.

Company Profile

CEO
Dave Limp
Founded
2000
HQ
Kent, USA
Employees
~11,000
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Private (Bezos-funded) · 2y 9mo ago
private

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$165.42
Open interest
12
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+64.9%6-month-26.3%1-year-46.6%All-time+727%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Private (Bezos-funded)—Jan 2024Jeff Bezos—

Vertical Intelligence — Defense / Aerospace

Federal awards
18
prime contracts, last 36 months
Obligated
$1.3B
top: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Largest award
$660M
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Latest award
2026-09-01
Largest award: PROVIDE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION, LAUNCH, AND ON ORBIT, CONTINUOUS COMMUNICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF A MARS SAMPLE RETURN (MSR) MISSION A (80GSFC26C0032)
Name-verified against recipient "BLUE ORIGIN, LLC" on USASpending.gov as of 2026-10-05. Prime awards only — subcontracts and classified work are not visible in the public registry. Verify on USASpending.gov ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+1400% vs 2026-08
Open roles
120
via workday
Product-build share
78%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
heavy product build — 78% of open roles are product-building functions (engineering/research/product) — 43 of 120 open roles are hardware.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month8Aug '26120Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionHardware43Engineering36Other25Design10Product2Data & ML2Support1Legal & Policy1
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Engines Quality Engineer III - B-ShiftInsulation Design Engineer II, New Glenn Stage 2Manufacturing Engineer II - TurbomachineryR67558 MK2 Alpha Lander Propulsion Test Engineer IIIMK2 Alpha Lander Propulsion Test Engineer IILead System Engineer- MK1
Counted from Blue Origin's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Jeff Bezos

Investors

Jeff Bezos (sole funder)

Products

  • New Shepard (suborbital)
  • New Glenn (orbital)
  • BE-3 / BE-4 engines
  • Blue Moon lunar lander
  • Orbital Reef station

Competitors

SpaceX · Rocket Lab · ULA · Sierra Space · Stoke Space
spacerocketsaerospacereusable-launchlunar
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.