Lyndon Rive

Lyndon Rive
Rive in 2015
Born
Lyndon Robert Rive

(1977-01-22) 22 January 1977 (age 47)
Pretoria, South Africa[1]
OccupationBusinessman
Known forCo-founder and former CEO of SolarCity
Political partyRepublican[2]
Relatives

Lyndon Robert Rive (born 22 January 1977) is a South African-American businessman known as the co-founder of SolarCity, and its CEO until 2016. SolarCity is a provider of photovoltaic systems and related services. Rive co-founded SolarCity with his brother Peter in 2006.

Rive started his first company at age 17 before leaving his native country, South Africa.[3] He then co-founded the enterprise software company Everdream, which was ultimately acquired by Dell.[4] In his spare time, Rive plays underwater hockey. Rive is a cousin of Elon Musk as their mothers are twin sisters.[5]

In 2010, Rive was named in the MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35.[6]

After Tesla, Inc. acquired SolarCity in 2016, Rive announced in 2017 that he would leave the company and spend his time with his family along with further entrepreneurial activities, including working on a new startup.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Lyndon Rive". CNBC. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  2. ^ https://voterrecords.com/voter/100349141/lyndon-rive
  3. ^ Hansen, Louis (11 December 2015). "Q&A: SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive keeps business all in the family". The Mercury News. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  4. ^ Milo, Moryt (28 December 2010). "Lyndon Rive, Elon Musk: Cousins, partners". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  5. ^ Rive, Lyndon (20 April 2013). "Turning Toward the Sun". The New York Times. As told to Elizabeth Olson. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  6. ^ "2010: Innovators Under 35". MIT Technology Review. 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  7. ^ Groom, Nichola (15 May 2017). "Former SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive will leave Tesla". Reuters. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
  8. ^ "Lyndon Rive Is Leaving Tesla to Focus on a New Startup: 'I Am an Entrepreneur at Heart'". Retrieved 15 November 2018.