Austin Russell

ABOUT AUSTIN RUSSELL

American entrepreneur known as the founder and CEO of the self-driving car company Luminar Technologies. Luminar went public in December 2020.

He had memorized the periodic table of elements at age two.

While attending Stanford University in 2012, he was awarded $100,000 from the Thiel Fellowship.

He was raised by his parents Michael and Shannon.

He was a recipient of the Thiel Fellowship, established by entrepreneur Peter Thiel .