Ian Wright
CEO & Co-Founder Tesla
Wrightspeed
Ian Wright has over 20 years of experience as an
entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since co-founding Tesla Motors
in 2003, Ian has focused on electric drive system technology for
vehicles. He founded Wrightspeed in 2005, building the world's fastest
street-legal electric car as an early demonstrator. It's still unbeaten
in 2010. Based in Silicon Valley, Wrightspeed builds Range-Extended
Electric Vehicle drive systems for high fuel consumption vehicles. Prior
to Tesla, Ian was a co-founder or senior executive in several
technology start-ups, including Altamar Networks, QPSX, and Scitec. He
has also worked for some larger companies: DEC, NET and Cisco. A native
New Zealander, Ian moved to Australia in 1980 and then to California in
1993.
GM
“A nice cross-section of the industry”