J. B. Straubel

JB Straubel
Born (1975-12-20) December 20, 1975 (age 48)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Alma materStanford University (BS, MS)[1]
Occupation(s)Businessman, technology executive, electrical engineer
Known forCTO of Tesla, Inc., founder & CEO of Redwood Materials, Inc.
Board member ofTesla, Inc.
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(m. 2013; died 2021)​
Websitewww.straubel.com
Jeffrey B. Straubel at the German Electromobility Summit 2013 in Berlin

Jeffrey Brian Straubel[2] (born December 20, 1975) is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He spent 15 years at Tesla,[3] as chief technical officer until moving to an advisory role in July 2019.[4] In 2023, he was elected to the company's board of directors.

In 2017, Straubel founded and became the CEO of Redwood Materials, Inc., working on creating battery materials and products for lithium-ion batteries out of recycled batteries.

  1. ^ Marsh, Ann, "BRIGHT IDEA: The Electric Company : How do you power a fast car without gas? With a really big battery" Archived 2019-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, Stanford Magazine, Stanford University, January/February 2008
  2. ^ US 8803471, Sarah G. Stewart, Scott Ira Kohn, Russell Kelty & Jeffrey Brian Straubel, "Electric vehicle extended range hybrid battery pack system" 
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