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Van Statten was the son of [[Edward Van Statten]], the billionaire owner of the [[Van Statten Corporation]], a wealthy business dealing in [[oil]] and [[armament]]s during the later [[20th century]]. Henry felt isolated from his father, who was endlessly away on business trips throughout most of his childhood while Henry was left to live in isolation in [[Housing complex (Dalek)|a housing complex]] within the [[Utah]] desert. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek (novelisation)}}) Henry grew up watching ''[[Star Wars]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) Henry found comfort in [[Otto von Donitz]], one of Edward's personal assistants charged with educating and caring for Henry in his father's absence. On his seventh birthday, Otto gifted Henry a [[telescope]], claiming his father bought it him as a [[gift]] to look out at the [[star]]s and aspire to one day reach them, and demonstrate [[ambition]]. However, when Edward returned home and learned Otto had gifted Henry the telescope, Edward fired Otto and had two henchmen destroy the telescope [[6 (number)|six]] [[week]]s later. | Van Statten was the son of [[Edward Van Statten]], the billionaire owner of the [[Van Statten Corporation]], a wealthy business dealing in [[oil]] and [[armament]]s during the later [[20th century]]. Henry felt isolated from his father, who was endlessly away on business trips throughout most of his childhood while Henry was left to live in isolation in [[Housing complex (Dalek)|a housing complex]] within the [[Utah]] desert. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek (novelisation)}}) Henry grew up watching ''[[Star Wars]]''. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) Henry found comfort in [[Otto von Donitz]], one of Edward's personal assistants charged with educating and caring for Henry in his father's absence. On his seventh birthday, Otto gifted Henry a [[telescope]], claiming his father bought it him as a [[gift]] to look out at the [[star]]s and aspire to one day reach them, and demonstrate [[ambition]]. However, when Edward returned home and learned Otto had gifted Henry the telescope, Edward fired Otto and had two henchmen destroy the telescope [[6 (number)|six]] [[week]]s later. | ||
Embittered by his father's action, when Edward neared death and gifted Henry inherited one million dollars from his father on his fifteenth birthday,{{what?}} he used the knowledge of [[Keynesian]] and [[Friedmanite]] [[economic model]]s Otto taught him to invest the money into the [[telecommunication]]s business and the [[internet]], a decision which infuriated his father, who wanted the money to be cycled back into arms dealing. Henry refused and insisted his father sign the Van Statten Corporation to him rather than his lawyers on the assurance his skill in investing would ensure his father's name survived beyond him. Reluctantly, Edward conceded and Henry took over the company | Embittered by his father's action, when Edward neared death and gifted Henry inherited one million dollars from his father on his fifteenth birthday,{{what?}} he used the knowledge of [[Keynesian]] and [[Friedmanite]] [[economic model]]s Otto taught him to invest the money into the [[telecommunication]]s business and the [[internet]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek (novelisation)}}) At this point, in the [[dotcom]] boom of [[1995]]-[[2001]], Van Statten started making his billions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) Henry's investment into telecommunications was a decision which infuriated his father, who wanted the money to be cycled back into arms dealing. Henry refused and insisted his father sign the Van Statten Corporation to him rather than his lawyers on the assurance his skill in investing would ensure his father's name survived beyond him. Reluctantly, Edward conceded and Henry took over the company. | ||
When Edward eventually died from his illness, Henry had all his workers mourn the man's death for [[10 (number)|ten]] [[minute]]s before firing them all and redesigning the entire corporation to achieve his childhood dream of exploring the concept of space and alien life, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek (novelisation)}}) to be an [[astronaut]] who would befriend an alien on [[Mars]], as he wistfully later put it. The first piece of otherworldly material acquired by Van Statten was [[moondust]], which he found at an [[ammo fair]]. While this had been easy for him, he found it to be "ultimate" to have alien [[grit]] run through his hands. He then began collecting actual alien artefacts, which was more of a challenge. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) | When Edward eventually died from his illness, Henry had all his workers mourn the man's death for [[10 (number)|ten]] [[minute]]s before firing them all and redesigning the entire corporation to achieve his childhood dream of exploring the concept of space and alien life, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek (novelisation)}}) to be an [[astronaut]] who would befriend an alien on [[Mars]], as he wistfully later put it. The first piece of otherworldly material acquired by Van Statten was [[moondust]], which he found at an [[ammo fair]]. While this had been easy for him, he found it to be "ultimate" to have alien [[grit]] run through his hands. He then began collecting actual alien artefacts, which was more of a challenge. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) | ||
[[Geocomtex]] was founded in [[1999]] to combat the [[Y2K bug]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Products (feature)}}) and as it began to "take off" in the years following, the large sums of money earned fuelled Van Statten's [[addiction]] to purchasing alien "[[leftover]]s and [[curio]]s" from [[the Gray Market]], an underground [[trading]] scene. He also knew how to differentiate real alien objects from the [[fake]]s, which were "easy pickings" in the Market. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) Winning these artefacts at [[auction]], he reverse engineered them to create "new" technologies which he exploited commercially. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) Some of the objects he acquired included: [[material (Henry Van Statten)|an unidentifiable material]]; [[rock (Henry Van Statten)|a curious rock]] around the size of a [[Jolly Rancher]] that took the combined force of [[3 (number)|three]] [[people]] to lift; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) and technology salvaged from the [[Roswell crash]] which he used to create [[broadband]]. He kept these artifacts in a private collection, inside a bunker called [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]] more than fifty floors below ground in [[Utah]] near [[Salt Lake City]]. Henry also now owned the [[Internet]], and influenced American elections to favour his desires. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) | |||
Although in the early few years of the [[21st century|new millennium]] Van Statten did not publicly discuss his belief that aliens had visited Earth, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) after the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]'s attempt to [[London UFO crash|plunge Earth into a nuclear war]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) Van Statten allowed himself to be interviewed by conspiracy theorist [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], owner of the website [[Who is Doctor Who?]], about his thoughts on aliens; he talked about the "event" that happened just the week prior and his [[ambition]] to collect alien [[artefact]]s, which he admitted was fuelled by his childhood dreams. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) He later became well-known for his "interest in all things extraterrestrial." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) | Although in the early few years of the [[21st century|new millennium]] Van Statten did not publicly discuss his belief that aliens had visited Earth, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) after the [[Slitheen family|Slitheen]]'s attempt to [[London UFO crash|plunge Earth into a nuclear war]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Aliens of London (TV story)}}, {{cs|World War Three (TV story)}}) Van Statten allowed himself to be interviewed by conspiracy theorist [[Mickey Smith|Mickey]], owner of the website [[Who is Doctor Who?]], about his thoughts on aliens; he talked about the "event" that happened just the week prior and his [[ambition]] to collect alien [[artefact]]s, which he admitted was fuelled by his childhood dreams. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Henry Van Statten (short story)}}) He later became well-known for his "interest in all things extraterrestrial." ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=146}}) | ||
