Lyndon Rive

Lyndon Rive

Rive in 2015
Born Pretoria, South Africa
Known for Co-founder of SolarCity
Title CEO of SolarCity
Relatives

Elon Musk (cousin)

Peter Rive (brother)

Lyndon Rive is the co-founder and CEO of SolarCity, a provider of clean energy services that designs, finances, and installs photovoltaic systems, performs energy-efficiency audits, and retrofits and builds charging stations for electric vehicles. Rive co-founded SolarCity with his brother Peter in 2006. SolarCity is the largest residential solar installer in the United States.[1] Prior to co-founding SolarCity, Lyndon Rive co-founded the enterprise software company Everdream, which was ultimately acquired by Dell. Rive started his first company at age 17 before leaving his native South Africa.[2] In his spare time, Rive plays underwater hockey. Rive is a cousin of SolarCity investor and entrepreneur Elon Musk, and their mothers are twins.[3]

In 2010, Rive was named to the MIT Technology Review TR35 as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under age 35.[4]

Awards

In 2013, Rive was an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner in the Northern California Region.[5]

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Who Reigns Supreme in Residential Solar?". greentechmedia.com.
  2. ↑ "Lyndon Rive Mini Bio". ZoomInfo.
  3. ↑ Turning Toward the Sun, New York Times
  4. ↑ "2010 Young Innovators Under 35". Technology Review. 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. ↑ Bass, Johnathan. "Ernst & Young Announces SolarCity CEO and Co-Founder Lyndon Rive as the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award Winner in Northern California". Ernst & Young Announces SolarCity CEO and Co-Founder Lyndon Rive as Th. Solar City, 24 June 2013. Web. 10 April 2015.
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