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
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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
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• Subsequently moved to Jefferies as Co-Head of Industrials and Global Head of Auto Investment Banking
B.S. in Mathematics and Engineering
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Spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs across various sectors including ECM and M&A before being
appointed Global Head of Automotive
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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
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Auto / ADAS Biz Dev Leader
VP ADAS & Global Safety @ ZF
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