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Luminar Investor Presentation Deck

THE LUMINAR TEAM Austin Russell, Founder & CEO LUMINAR Tom Fennimore, CFO LUMINAR Alec Gores, Sponsor, Incoming Director GORES METROPOULOS Jason Eichenholz, PhD CTO & Co-Founder Optics Industry Executive Ocean Optics CTO Aaron Jefferson Product Auto / ADAS Product Leader VP Product Strategy @ ZF • Founded Luminar in 2012 at the age of 16. Was an independent researcher at the Beckman Laser Institute ● In 2013, awarded the prestigious Thiel Fellowship & dropped out of Stanford to focus on Luminar full-time By 2018, named to Forbes 30 under 30 and MIT 35 under 35 ● • Subsequently moved to Jefferies as Co-Head of Industrials and Global Head of Auto Investment Banking B.S. in Mathematics and Engineering ● ● Spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs across various sectors including ECM and M&A before being appointed Global Head of Automotive ● Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Gores Group 35+ years of experience as an entrepreneur, operator and private equity investor Has invested in 100+ portfolio companies through varying macroeconomic environments Raised six SPACs to date (totaling $2.5+ billion before PIPE commitments) Scott Faris Chief Business Officer Optics Industry Executive 4-time Startup CEO / COO Nicole Phelan Marcom & Chief of Staff AV Industry Comms Leader VP, LaunchSquad Jason Wojack Engineering Volume HW Development Expert VP of Engineering @ Motorola Anthony Cooke Acting General Counsel Chief Counsel @ NHTSA Christoph Schroeder, PhD Software Autonomous Industry Leader VP Autonomy @ Mercedes Marc Losiewicz Business Development ||| Auto / ADAS Biz Dev Leader VP ADAS & Global Safety @ ZF 5
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