Martin Eberhard

Martin Eberhard
Eberhard in 2006
Born
Martin Forest Eberhard

1960 (age 6465)
California, United States
EducationUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, MS)
Known for

Martin Forest Eberhard (/ˈɛbərhɑːrd/; born 1960) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who co-founded Tesla, Inc. (then Tesla Motors) with Marc Tarpenning in July 2003, where Eberhard was its original CEO serving until late 2007. In 2015, he was inducted into the University of Illinois Engineering Hall of Fame.