James Stephen Fossett (April 22 1944 – c. September 3 2007) was an American businessman aviator sailor and adventurer and the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and was best known for many world records including five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist as a sailor and as a solo flight fixed-wing aircraft pilot.
