Lt Gen (Ret.) Steven L. Kwast

Steve Kwast is the current Co-Founder, Chairman, and former CEO of SpaceBilt Incorporated, a company pioneering future sustainable space construction and economic development. Born in California, he was raised in a remote African tribe, moved back to the US at age 10, and graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1986 with a degree in Astronautical Engineering. His military career spanned every major combat operation, from a young Lieutenant Fighter Pilot in Desert Storm, culminating as the Commanding Air Force General at Bagram Air Base In Afghanistan. He subsequently rose to the highest levels of command in the United States Air Force. He has a Master’s degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in Public Policy and has been a University President (Air University) and the President of the number one startup company in America (Genesis Systems). He has experience working in the White House and the Pentagon on strategy and policy issues.