Blake Scholl (born c. 1981) is an American tech entrepreneur. In 2014, he founded Boom Technology to develop a supersonic airliner.
Blake Scholl | |
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 Scholl in July 2024 | |
| Born | 1981 (age 45) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Title | Founder and CEO, Boom Technology |
Early life
editScholl was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to an electrical engineer father (german origins) and a French teacher mother.[1] A high school dropout,[2] he won a scholarship for early entry into Carnegie Mellon University, where he majored in computer science.[1][3]
Career
editScholl worked for Jeff Bezos in the "early days" of Amazon.[1] He then cofounded Kima Labs, a mobile technology startup that was acquired by Groupon in 2012.[3][4] In early 2014, Scholl took aircraft design classes, built an aerodynamics model, and sought feedback from a Stanford professor, who reviewed his calculations and encouraged him to aim higher, saying his estimates in his spreadsheet model for supersonic flight were conservative.[5] Scholl invested half of his share of the proceeds from the sale into his next venture, Boom Technology, which he founded later that year.[6][4] He has been the CEO of the company since October 2019.[7] The company's aircraft Boom XB-1 performed its first supersonic flight test in 2025.[8][9]
Personal life
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 Coates, Philippa (January 29, 2018). "How Boom founder Blake Scholl plans to start supersonic flights by 2023". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- 1 2 Neate, Rupert (August 27, 2022). "Boom founder Blake Scholl: from high school dropout to supersonic high-flyer". The Observer.
- 1 2 Vance, Ashlee (October 6, 2020). "Aviation Outsider Builds Supersonic Jet for Transatlantic Flight". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- 1 2 Brady, Diane (December 13, 2023). "Meet The Man Whose Product Could Take 16 Years To Launch". Forbes.
- ↑ Hersey, Will (May 28, 2019). "Concorde 2.0: Can An American Start-Up Bring Back Supersonic Passenger Flight?". Esquire.
- ↑ Kluger, Jeffrey (January 19, 2025). "This CEO Wants to Bring Back Supersonic Passenger Travel". Time.
- ↑ "Blake Scholl". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- ↑ O'Hare, Maureen (January 28, 2025). "Boom: America's answer to Concorde completes its first supersonic flight". CNN Travel.
- ↑ Batchelor, Tom (2025-02-05). "Boom's Overture to be airborne in 'four years'". AGN. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ↑ Vanderbilt, Tom (December 20, 2021). "Boom's Quest to Make Supersonic Flights a Reality (Again)". Wired.