Boyan Slat

Boyan Slat
Slat in 2018
Born (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 30)[1]
Delft, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Inventor, entrepreneur
Known forThe Ocean Cleanup
AwardsThiel Fellowship
Websitetheoceancleanup.com/boyan-slat/

Boyan Slat (born 27 July 1994)[2][3] is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur.[4] A former aerospace engineering student,[5][6] he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.[7]

  1. ^ "Boyan Slat website". 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ Finger, Tobias (24 June 2014). "The Ocean – Dieser Student will die Weltmeere Plastikmüll befreie" [The Ocean: This student wants to rid the seas of plastic waste]. Umwelt [environment] (in German). WiWo Green. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ Winter, Caroline (16 September 2014). "This Dutch Guy Now Has the Funds to Build His Ocean Cleanup Machine". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 17 September 2014.
  4. ^ Boyan, Slat (20 October 2019). "Researchgate". Researchgate.
  5. ^ Pabst, Josephine (24 October 2014). "Idee eines 20-Jährigen könnte die Ozeane entmüllen". Die Welt (in German).
  6. ^ "Boyan Slat". 8 December 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  7. ^ "About". The Ocean. Retrieved 24 July 2017.