As Chief Operations Officer, Frank Klein leads Rocket Lab’s efforts to scale manufacturing of its spacecraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft components across multiple sites to meet growing customer demand.
Prior to joining the Rocket Lab team, Mr. Klein served Daimler AG (now Mercedes-Benz Group) for 27 years where he led various business divisions including Vehicle Research, Trucks, Cars, and Van manufacturing. While Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Vans Operations, Mr Klein managed global production across 12 production sites, heading up logistics, industrial engineering, and the division’s quality department, with responsibility for more than 14,000 employees globally.
Mr Klein also served as President of Magna Steyr AG, the automotive industry’s largest independent contract manufacturer with an annual turnover of more than US$6 billion, where he led operations across three continents and 13,000 employees globally. Most recently Mr Klein served as COO at Rivian Automative, where he helped to transform Rivian from a low volume automotive start-up to a high volume premium electric vehicle manufacture while responsible for 9,000+ employees.
Mr Klein holds a Masters’ Degree in Electrical and Industrial Engineering from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Stuttgart and a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from FernUniversität in Hagen.
What is Frank Klein's net worth?
The estimated net worth of Frank Klein is at least $62.03 million as of November 26th, 2025. Mr. Klein owns 1,269,487 shares of Rocket Lab stock worth more than $62,027,135 as of December 4th. This net worth approximation does not reflect any other investments that Mr. Klein may own. Learn More about Frank Klein's net worth.
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Has Frank Klein been buying or selling shares of Rocket Lab?
In the last ninety days, Frank Klein has sold $1,897,729.18 in Rocket Lab stock. Most recently, Frank Klein sold 4,736 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $42.08, for a transaction totalling $199,290.88. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 1,269,487 shares of the company's stock, valued at $53,420,012.96. Learn More on Frank Klein's trading history.
Who are Rocket Lab's active insiders?
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Rocket Lab?
In the last twelve months, insiders at the rocket manufacturer sold shares 32 times. They sold a total of 6,760,915 shares worth more than $305,070,242.48. The most recent insider tranaction occured on November, 26th when insider Frank Klein sold 4,736 shares worth more than $199,290.88. Insiders at Rocket Lab own 11.9% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Rocket Lab. Information on this page was last updated on 11/26/2025.
