Guillermo Söhnlein
Born (1966-05-18) 18 May 1966
Buenos Aires, Argentina
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of California Hastings College of the Law
OccupationSocial entrepreneur
Known forco-founder of OceanGate

Guillermo Söhnlein (born May 18, 1966) is an Argentine-American businessman, best known as the co-founder of deep-sea exploration company OceanGate. Söhnlein left the company in 2013, retaining a minority stake.[1][2]

Biography

Guillermo Söhnlein was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1966. He emigrated to the United States in 1972 with his family, where they settled in San Jose, California. He attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1986. He graduated in December 1989 from the University of California at Berkeley with an A.B. in economics. In May 1995 he earned a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.[3]

From 1995 to 1999, he served in the United States Marine Corps, achieving the rank of Captain.

In 2011, Söhnlein was accepted as a Fellow of Opus Novum, a group committed to professional conduct guided by Seven Principles.[4]

Professional career

In 1998, Söhnlein co-founded Milo, a speech recognition technology company that was acquired by Voxeo[5] in 2001.

After relocating to the Northern Virginia region outside Washington, D.C., he worked with a number of technology startup ventures,[6][7][8] and advised several technology-related investment groups, incubators, and economic development agencies,[9][10] and gave frequent talks about the field.[11][12]

Space commercialization ventures

In 2003, Söhnlein founded the International Association of Space Entrepreneurs (IASE), which was a nonprofit organization created to encourage successful entrepreneurs from other industries to start aerospace-related ventures and start-ups.[13][14] The group grew from 5 people to almost 1,500 individuals around the world.[15] In 2010, the online community was transferred to the Space Frontier Foundation for ongoing growth, and IASE officially disbanded.[16]

In 2006, he founded Space Angels Network, a for-profit angel investor group for early-stage aerospace ventures.[15][17]

Venusian colony project

SFF planned sending thousands people above floating city on Venus around 2050.[18][19][20]

Ocean exploration ventures

In 2009, Söhnlein co-founded OceanGate with Stockton Rush, a venture that provided deep-sea crewed submersibles.[21]

In 2010, he re-launched the Ocean Exploration Committee of the Marine Technology Society, a nonprofit membership association supporting students and industry professionals in marine-related fields.[22]

In 2013, he founded Blue Marble Exploration, which organized high-profile expeditions to explore the oceans in crewed submersibles.

Sea-Space Connections

In 2011, Söhnlein founded the Sea-Space Initiative, a global project to provide collaboration in ocean and space industries.[23] The first program, launched in May 2012, is the Sea-Space Summit, a global series of invitation-only workshops.[24][25]

References

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  10. "SetterDrive.com". setterdrive.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-02. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  11. "The Andy Forbes Files Podcasts and Archive Listings". Directorypodcast.com. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  12. "Capital Science 2004 | Washington Academy of SciencesWashington Academy of Sciences". Washacadsci.org. 1996-09-10. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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  15. 1 2 "EVA Interviews Guillermo Söhnlein". Out of the Cradle. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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  17. "Aerospace Venture Forum — Academic VC". Academicvc.com. 2008-07-21. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  18. "The Space Café Podcast #86: Guillermo Soehnlein – From Titan Tragedy to Venus – The Audacious Journeys of Ocean Gate's Original Co-founder". Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  19. "Co-Founder Of OceanGate Involved in Sub Disaster Sets His Sights On Venus". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  20. Dredd, Peter (2023-08-01). "OceanGate Co-Founder Wants To Send 1,000 People To Venus By 2050". Dreddsworld. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  21. Lackner, Catherine (2012-07-05). "Sub caters to adventurers with zest to learn". Miami Today. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
  22. "MTS: News". Mtsociety.org. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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  24. "News Talk Radio 77 WABC New York". Wabcradio.com. Retrieved 2012-08-19.
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