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Tech CEO Joshua Baer dies in private jet crash near Laredo

Published 17 June 2026

Joshua Baer, a prominent technology entrepreneur and chief executive of the Austin-based startup incubator Capital Factory, died Tuesday night when a private jet crashed onto a highway near Laredo, Texas. He was the sole fatality among the six people on board.

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