The first person to fly on an entirely privately funded mission was Mike Melvill, piloting SpaceShipOne flight 15P on a suborbital journey, although he was a test pilot employed by Scaled Composites and not an actual paying space tourist.
ðə fˈɜːst pˈɜːsən tə flˈaɪ ˌɔn ɐn ɛntˈaɪɚli pɹˈaɪvətli fˈʌndᵻd mˈɪʃən wʌz mˈaɪk mˈɛlvɪl, pˈaɪləɾɪŋ spˈeɪs ʃˈɪp wˈʌn flˈaɪt fˈɪftiːn pˈiː ˌɔn ɐ sʌbˈoːɹbɪɾəl dʒˈɜːni, ɔːlðˈoʊ hiː wʌzɐ tˈɛst pˈaɪlət ɛmplˈɔɪd baɪ skˈeɪld kˈɑːmpəzˌɪts ænd nˌɑːt ɐn ˈæktʃuːəl pˈeɪɪŋ spˈeɪs tˈʊɹɹɪst.