NEWS
Blue Ash, OH
Ohio businessman and entrepreneur set to make historic dive deep into the ocean abyss
![Portrait of Wayne Baker](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/03/01/PCIN/e9755ffd-fcf2-426c-9c8d-5f43c382728d-WayneBaker.jpg?crop=205,205,x0,y0&width=48&height=48&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Cincinnati Enquirer
![Larry Connor and the team will complete their dives in the state-of-the-art full ocean depth submersible DSV Limiting Factor.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2021/04/06/PCIN/ebf612e6-ed94-4b0b-8813-ea01d9ce8b6e-Connor_and_the_team_will_complete_the_dives_in_the_state-of-the-art_full_ocean_depth_submersible_DSV.jpg?width=660&height=441&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
With only nine months left until he pilots a history making mission to space, real estate investor and philanthropist Larry Connor has another groundbreaking piece of exploration to take care of. He is scheduled to make two dives to the deepest part of the ocean at more than 35,000 feet.
Connor, the founder and CEO of The Connor Group, a Dayton-based real estate investment firm with over $3 billion in assets, also has properties in Blue Ash, Mason and Oakley.