Former Rice Basketball Player, Tech Entrepreneur Adam Robinson Among 9 Dead in Florida Plane Crash
The former Rice guard founded Retention.com and Robly and was among nine people killed when the jet crashed and exploded, officials said.
- On Sunday, November 1, 2026, former Rice University basketball player and tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson died in a jet crash near Lake Worth Beach, Florida.
- The Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 crashed killing all nine people aboard, including two crew members and seven passengers, according to authorities.
- Robinson's wife Helen Sharp and their two children, Emma and Charlie, were confirmed among the victims, alongside Anita Maria Cetina, Rachael Reed, and Charmi Fehr.
- National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said preliminary evidence suggests aircraft components separated before impact, as officials conduct the "lengthy process" of DNA identification.
- An April 17, 2026, business post by Robinson referencing a plane crash drew social media attention, though investigators established no connection between the analogy and the accident.
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Technology entrepreneur and multimillionaire Adam Robinson, his wife Helen Sharp, and their two young children, aged two and four, are listed among those killed in the crash of a Learjet in Florida
Robinson’s brother reported this, writes the New York Post.Also on board were two family friends—Rachel Reed and Charmy Fehr, nanny Anita Maria Apellido Setina, aircraft captain Jeff Gregory, and co-pilot Natalia Filgueiras. A total of eight...
Former Rice basketball player, tech entrepreneur Adam Robinson among 9 dead in Florida plane crash
A former Rice basketball player, tech entrepreneur and his family are among the nine people who were killed when a small jet crashed and exploded in South Florida on Sunday.
Passenger in deadly Florida plane crash identified as former Rice basketball player, university officials say
One of the passengers in the deadly Learjet crash on Sunday afternoon has been identified as a former Rice University basketball player, university officials said.
Tech Founder Adam Robinson Wrote 'You Don't Need to Crash a Plane' Months Before Florida Crash Killed His Family
Tech founder Adam Robinson wrote 'You don't need to crash a plane to learn to fly' in a business post more than six months before a Florida jet crash reportedly killed him, his wife and their two young children. Nine people died when the Bahamas-bound Learjet 60 crashed near Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County, Florida, on 1 November 2026. The 17 April message discussed building businesses without venture capital, a subject central to Robinson…
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