One Foundation
Mars One consisted of two entities: the not-for-profit "Mars One Foundation", and the for-profit company "Mars One Ventures" which was the controlling stockholder of the for-profit Interplanetary Media Group that also managed the broadcasting rights. The Mars One Foundation, based in the Netherlands, managed the project. The small organization had four employees, and intended to make profits by selling media (documentaries) about the personnel selection, training and colonization. The first mission was estimated by its CEO Bas Lansdorp to cost about 6 billion dollars as of the 2010s.