Martin Eberhard
Martin Eberhard | |
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Eberhard in 2006 | |
| Born | Martin Forest Eberhard 1960 (age 64–65) California, United States |
| Education | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BS, MS) |
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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.