Martin Roscheisen

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Roland Martin Roscheisen (German: Röscheisen) is an Austrian-American technology entrepreneur and the CEO of Nanosolar, a leader in solar power innovation.

Contents 1 Background and Education 2 Entrepreneurial Activities 3 Miscellaneous 4 Other

[edit] Background and Education

According to a profile in Handelsblatt, the respected German business newspaper, Mr. Roscheisen was raised in Munich, Germany, as an Austrian citizen. While still a teenager, he spent a year at Silicon Valley's legendary Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), and subsequently studied computer science and electrical engineering at Munich Technical University, which he completed at the top of his class and in record time. In 1992, he moved to California to pursue a doctorate in engineering at Stanford University.

[edit] Entrepreneurial Activities

• In the 1990s, Roscheisen was among the first generation of entrepreneurs pursuing opportunities in the commercial Internet; and in 2000+, he was one of the first entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to focus on green energy technology.

• In 1995, Roscheisen co-founded FindLaw, which rapidly became the most widely used Internet legal site, for the first time making U.S. case law including all Supreme Court decisions easily accessible to the public.

FindLaw is now part of Thomson's West Group. No information on the purchase price was disclosed but FindLaw is said to be a highly profitable unit of the Thomson group.

• In 1997, Mr. Roscheisen co-founded TradingDynamics, an enterprise software company, which ended up being acquired by Ariba for $740 million.

• In 1998, Mr. Roscheisen became CEO of eGroups, an email messaging company, which was financed by Sequoia Capital and ultimately acquired by Yahoo in a transaction valued at $450 million.

• In 2002, Mr. Roscheisen started Nanosolar and became one of the first entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley to seriously focus on green energy technology. SJMN

[edit] Miscellaneous

• In 2003 (Sep 15, 2003), Fortune Magazine named Roscheisen as one of United States' Top Ten entrepreneurs under the age of 40 ^[1](Article Copy).

• In 1996, along with Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Roscheisen was an executive producer^[2] of the John Woo's movie Broken Arrows^[3] with starred actor John Travolta.

• Roscheisen's San Francisco home was featured on the cover of Dwell magazine in 2002.

[edit] Other