Dirk Ahlborn

Dirk Ahlborn
Residence Greater Los Angeles Area
Occupation Entrepreneur
Organization JumpStartFund
Known for CEO of JumpStartFund and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Dirk Ahlborn is a German-born American entrepreneur. He is the CEO and co-founder of JumpStartFund, an online crowdsourcing platform for entrepreneurial projects.[1] He is also the CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, a project initiated by Elon Musk and incubated using JumpstartFund's crowd collaboration process.[2]

Early life and career

Dirk Ahlborn started his career in 1993 as an investment specialist in Germany. After moving to Italy in 1997 he founded several companies in the alternative energy and interior design space. Since 2009 he is a part of the Girvan Institute of Technology a non-profit business incubator for start-up tech companies.[3]

Jumpstarter Inc.

He co-founded and became CEO of Jumpstarter in 2013, a company which provide crowdsourcing technology.[4] He also is the CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, which is a project supported by JumpStartFund, one of JumpStarter's subsidiaries.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hyperloop Startup Lands Major Partners and Unveils Official Name". mashable.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Hyperloop will soon have its own company behind it". cnet.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Dirk Ahlborn". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Top U.S. engineers join crowdfunding effort to help turn Elon Musk’s ‘Hyperloop’ from dream into reality". nydailynews.com.
  5. ↑ "A Southern California Startup Is Trying To Jump-Start Elon Musk's Hyperloop". forbes.com. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
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