Ian Wright

CEO

Wrightspeed

Ian Wright has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and an operating executive. Since co-founding Tesla Motors in 2003, Ian has focused on electric drive system technology for vehicles. He founded Wrightspeed in 2005, building the world's fastest street-legal electric car as an early demonstrator. It's still unbeaten in 2010. Based in Silicon Valley, Wrightspeed builds Range-Extended Electric Vehicle drive systems for high fuel consumption vehicles. Prior to Tesla, Ian was a co-founder or senior executive in several technology start-ups, including Altamar Networks, QPSX, and Scitec. He has also worked for some larger companies: DEC, NET and Cisco. A native New Zealander, Ian moved to Australia in 1980 and then to California in 1993.