Will Marshall
Unicorn founderCo-founder and CEO at Planet Labs
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedPlanet Labs$11.5B
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About
Will Marshall is Co-Founder and CEO of Planet Labs PBC, where he oversees the company's vision, product, and business strategy and has grown the team to over 600 people. Before Planet, he worked as a scientist at NASA, contributing to the formation of the Small Spacecraft Office and missions including LCROSS, LADEE, and PhoneSat, as well as research on orbital space debris remediation. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oxford and a Master's in Physics with Space Science and Technology from the University of Leicester, has held postdoctoral fellowships at George Washington University and Harvard, and serves on the board of the Open Lunar Foundation.
Co-founder and CEO at Planet Labs
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Planet Labs's investors · 24
137 VenturesSan Francisco · since 2013AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checks · since 2013Boom Capital VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $300K checks · since 2013DBL PartnersPalo Alto · since 2013DCVC (Data Collective)Palo Alto · $5M – $25M checks · since 2015Fall Line CapitalSan Francisco · since 2013Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2013Future VenturesLos Altos · $1M – $10M checks · since 2013Hemisphere Ventures LLCMckinney · since 2013Innovation EndeavorsPalo Alto · $1M – $15M checks · since 2013K3 VenturesSingapore · $1.2M – $42M checks · since 2013Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2013Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2013Obvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checks · since 2013Partners for GrowthTiburon · $1M – $50M checks · since 2013Partners for Growth (PFG)since 2013Prelude VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2013Raptor GroupMiami Beach · since 2013Rizvi Traverse ManagementWest Palm Beach · $25M – $1B checks · since 2013Rothenberg VenturesPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks · since 2013Space CapitalNew York City · since 2013The Westly GroupMenlo Park · $500K – $15M checks · since 2013Vanedge CapitalVancouver · $1M – $15M checks · since 2013Vanedge Capital Limited PartnershipVancouver · since 2013
Co-founders at Planet Labs
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Robbie SchinglerCo-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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Christopher R. BoshuizenExecutive Officer, Director
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Robert H. Schlingler Jr.Executive Officer, Director
Experience
- PlanetCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- NASA Ames Research CenterScientist2006 — 2012
- Space Generation Advisory CouncilChair2005 — 2007
- European Space AgencyStagiaire1999The Netherlands
- NASA Marshall Spaceflight CenterSummer Intern1998Huntsville, Alabama Area
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Summer Intern1997
- Jet Propulsion LaboratorySummer Intern1997Pasadena, CA
Skills & more
Space Systems28Physics31Systems Engineering22Simulations9Aerospace7Matlab4Spacecraft19Science12
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- Who is Will Marshall?
- Will Marshall is Co-Founder and CEO of Planet Labs PBC, where he oversees the company's vision, product, and business strategy and has grown the team to over 600 people. Before Planet, he worked as a scientist at NASA, contributing to the formation of the Small Spacecraft Office and missions including LCROSS, LADEE, and PhoneSat, as well as research on orbital space debris remediation. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Oxford and a Master's in Physics with Space Science and Technology from the University of Leicester, has held postdoctoral fellowships at George Washington University and Harvard, and serves on the board of the Open Lunar Foundation.
- Where does Will Marshall work?
- Will Marshall is Co-founder and CEO of Planet Labs.
- What companies did Will Marshall found?
- Will Marshall founded Planet Labs.
- Where did Will Marshall go to school?
- Will Marshall studied at International Space University; Harvard University (Postdoc, Space Policy); UC Santa Barbara (Quantum Optics).
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