Dirk Ahlborn

Dirk Ahlborn[1][2] is an entrepreneur and investor, an American businessman. He is from Berlin and currently works in California;[3] he holds [U.S. citizenship and is the founder and CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and CEO of Jumpstarter, Inc.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Dirk Ahlborn
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEntrepreneur, investor
Notable work
Building Hyperloop, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)
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Career

Early career

In 1993, his career started as an investment specialist in Berlin, Germany.[15]

When he was 19 years old, he quit his job in the bank.[3]

In the 1990s, after moving to Italy,[15] Ahlborn founded several companies in the alternative energy and interior design sphere.[16] Ahlborn left Europe and joined Girvan Institute of Technology, a non-profit incubator and co-working space. The Institute, located in Southern California, was created to assist NASA's Ames Research Center. Whilst working there, he started thinking about ways to apply the co-working notions elsewhere.[17]

JumpStarter, Inc

He co-founded and became CEO of Jumpstarter in 2013, the company that developed the crowdsourcing platform JumpStartFund in El Segundo, California.[18]

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

While Ahlborn and his team were drafting what Jumpstarter would look like, Elon Musk expressed his vision for Hyperloop. Musk knew he didn't have the time nor the manpower to pursue the execution of Hyperloop. So he decided to crowdsource it through Jumpstarter.[19] In order to deal with the complex engineering challenge, Jumpstarter started pooling resources around the project, amassing an incredible 420 people core team.[20] Now, a team of more than 800 experts are developing the most advanced transportation system with the largest collaborative corporate entity on the globe to bring this future to life – at the speed of sound.[21]

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References
  1. www.forbes.com (May 28, 2015). "Perhaps We Should Call Elon Musk's Hyperloop, Dirk Ahlborn's Hyperloop Instead". Forbes.
  2. www.businessinsider.in (July 10, 2018). "The CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies describes his vision for the future of travel". Business Insider.
  3. "Transportation might be changing more than ever". Bosch Global. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  4. www.bosch.com (July 10, 2018). "Transportation might be changing more than ever" : Dirk Ahlborn, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies". Robert Bosch GmbH.
  5. www.cnbc.com (February 23, 2018). "Hyperloop's first track location will be announced in 2018". CNBC LLC. A Division of NBCUniversal.
  6. the-mobility-quotient.com (November 6, 2018). "Dirk Ahlborn: CEO Hyperloop Transportation Technologies". CNBC LLC. A Division of AUDI AG.
  7. www.webit.org (November 6, 2018). "CEO, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies". Digital Border Foundation.
  8. www.intelligenttransport.com (November 6, 2018). "HyperloopTT signs agreement for commercial system in Ukraine". Russell Publishing Ltd.
  9. www.bigspeak.com (November 6, 2018). "Exclusive Speaker: Dirk Ahlborn". BigSpeak Speakers Bureau.
  10. www.whatchado.com (November 6, 2018). "Bad experiences and good experiences are necessary." Dirk Ahlborn is convinced". whatchado GmbH.
  11. www.entrepreneur.com (November 6, 2018). "On Route To The Future: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Co-Founder and CEO Dirk Ahlborn". entrepreneur.com.
  12. www.bloomberg.com (November 6, 2018). "Overview of JumpStartFund, Inc". Bloomberg L.P.
  13. www.imda.gov.sg (April 10, 2018). "Dirk Ahlborn – Speeding towards the future". Info-communications Media Development Authority.
  14. www.moneycontrol.com (April 5, 2018). "Hyperloop TT Chairman says his aim is to make super-speed travel 'safer than walking'". e-Eighteen.com Ltd.
  15. "Oration Speakers - Dirk-Ahlborn- Keynote Speaker". ORATION SPEAKER BUREAU. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
  16. "Dirk Ahlborn – The Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation". roscongress.org. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  17. "The future of transportation? A chat with Hyperloop's CEO". Tech.eu. October 16, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  18. "Dirk Ahlborn – The Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation". roscongress.org. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  19. "The future of transportation? A chat with Hyperloop's CEO". Tech.eu. October 16, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  20. "The future of transportation? A chat with Hyperloop's CEO". Tech.eu. October 16, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  21. "Dirk Ahlborn – MQ! The innovation summit". Retrieved March 13, 2019.
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