Henry Kwan

Founder & CEO at Icarus | Conquering The Stratosphere

Founder

Icarus· Fall 2025 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @kingofstrato

2023Founder· Icarus

Founder · since 2023

Company

Icarus

Role

Founder & CEO

current

Stage

—

no public source

Raised

—

no public source

Based

El Segundo, California, United States

current

Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Icarus

Stratospheric birds for defense

Fall 2025

Experience

Career

Icarus
Founder
Founder & CEO · El Segundo, California, United States · 2023 – Present
2023
Deloitte
Senior Consultant · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2022 – 2023
2022
Northrop Grumman
Principal Aerospace Engineer · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · 2018 – 2022
2018
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space Architect · Hampton, VA · 2017
2017
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Aerospace Engineer · Hampton, VA · 2016
2016
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mechanical Engineer · Hampton, VA · 2015
2015
University at Buffalo
Research Assistant · Buffalo, New York, United States · 2014 – 2015
2014

Bio

Founder & CEO of Icarus. At Orbital, Henry built spacecraft, space robots, and helped win a $935M NASA contract to build a space habitat. He saw firsthand how Space is constrained by orbital mechanics. Additionally, he has designed and flown drones for NASA flight sciences, was a finalist in two NASA aerospace design competitions, and previously advised Fortune 500 clients on strategy at Deloitte. He holds an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Tech and a Top Secret SCI clearance.