Kr Sridhar bought BE once, on Mar 8, 2019

K. R. Sridhar (born c. 1960) is an Indian-American engineer, inventor, professor, and entrepreneur serving as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO (COB, CEO) of Bloom Energy Corporation, a Silicon Valley-based company specializing in solid oxide fuel cell systems for clean, reliable on-site power generation.( Bloom Energy, originally co-founded as Ion America in 2001 and renamed in 2006, has deployed over 1.5 GW of low-carbon power across more than 1,200 global installations, converting fuels like natural gas, biogas, and hydrogen into electricity without combustion.(

Sridhar's career highlights include directing the Space Technologies Laboratory (STL) at the University of Arizona, where he was a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, securing NASA contracts for Mars exploration technologies such as converting Martian gases to oxygen for propulsion and life support—work recognized by Fortune magazine as among the 'top five futurists inventing tomorrow today.'( A NASA advisor and National Academy of Engineering member, he holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (1982), MS in Nuclear Engineering (1984), and PhD in Mechanical Engineering (1990) from the University of Illinois.( He serves on the board of C3.ai, Inc.(

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