{"id":340160,"date":"2026-06-17T18:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340160\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:39:12","slug":"texas-private-plane-crash-victim-is-millionaire-tech-ceo-joshua-baer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/340160\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Private Plane Crash Victim Is Millionaire Tech CEO Joshua Baer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Texas Plane Crash<br \/>\n                          Victim in Fiery Wreck Revealed &#8230;<br \/>\n                          Austin Tech Startup Mogul<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 17, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:53 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260617_ff7cf7922494489589e500aa24b0d890\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:620d09da-6039-460f-9a09-3f44e3edac81\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ff7cf7922494489589e500aa24b0d890_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-josh-baer-ig-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The person killed in the tragic Texas plane crash has been identified &#8230; and he&#8217;s even being honored by folks at the highest reaches of government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/joshua-baer\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joshua Baer<\/a> &#8212; a prominent tech and finance mogul who has been called the godfather of Austin, Texas&#8217; startup scene &#8212; died in Tuesday night&#8217;s crash, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6e1ef88e414f4ef99bfc39ac62bc0a29_md.png\" alt=\"061726_texas_plane_crash_rescue_kal_v2\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Joshua was the founder of Capital Factory &#8230; a startup accelerator and investment group, which injected life into Texas&#8217; economy by bringing in and nurturing multiple businesses over the last two decades.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Austin Business Journal, Joshua helped the state land a large contract with the United States Army, which brought in billions of dollars for the state &#8230; and seemingly put him in contact with Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ted-cruz\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, who honored him and sent condolences to his family in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260617_61546461ba54450c8b877a7259dd0143\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:620d09da-6039-460f-9a09-3f44e3edac81\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/61546461ba54450c8b877a7259dd0143_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-ted-cruz-josh-baer-x-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Senator from Texas wrote, in part, &#8220;Josh has been one of the most significant figures driving innovation and entrepreneurship across America. In Texas, he made our state a global leader. His impact was incalculable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As we told you &#8230; the twin-jet Cessna was flying from Los Cabos International Airport in Mexico to Austin, when the plane reportedly suffered a mechanical failure around 10 PM local time.<\/p>\n<p>Video captured the plane hurtling from the sky &#8230; slamming down onto a highway in Laredo and catching fire.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6e93969d670a49c0a050f9fd69d04a88_md.png\" alt=\"061726 laredo police presser kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Good Samaritans\u00a0driving by stopped their cars and jumped out &#8230; using tools to smash open the cockpit window and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/17\/plane-crash-on-highway-in-texas-on-video\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">help people out <\/a>of the burning plane.<\/p>\n<p>Officials did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/06\/17\/texas-authorities-give-update-on-private-plane-crash\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">not have much to say<\/a> in Wednesday&#8217;s press conference &#8230; though they did make clear they&#8217;re working diligently with the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board to clear the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua was 50.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Plane Crash Victim in Fiery Wreck Revealed &#8230; Austin Tech Startup Mogul Published June 17, 2026 10:53&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":["post-340160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}