Jim Fruchterman
Education
Caltech
BS/MS, EE and Applied Physics 1976-01-01 - 1980-01-01
Stanford University
, Electrical and Electronics Engineering 1980-01-01 - 1981-01-01
St. Viator High School
, 1973-01-01 - 1976-01-01Work Experience
Tech Matters
Current
Tech Matters
Marshall Institute
Current
Marshall Institute
Nexleaf Analytics
Current
Nexleaf Analytics
Benetech
Current
Benetech
Board.Dev
Current
Board.Dev
Social Enterprise Leadership Forum
Current
Social Enterprise Leadership Forum
Callisto
2018-12-01 - 2024-12-01
Callisto
The Rockefeller Foundation
2023-07-01 - 2023-08-01
The Rockefeller Foundation
Velox Robotics
2017-05-01 - 2021-12-01
Velox Robotics
RAF Technology
1989-02-01 - 2019-06-01
RAF Technology
Skills
Summary
Jim Fruchterman is a leading social entrepreneur, MacArthur Fellow and Founder of Benetech and Tech Matters, nonprofit technology companies based in Silicon Valley. He's helped create five world changing technology social enterprises (and isn't done yet). His dream is to bring Silicon Valley's technology innovations to all of humanity, not just the richest 5%. He is a former rocket engineer who also founded two successful for-profit high technology companies and has received numerous awards, including the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, in recognition of his work. He is a Distinguished Alumnus of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
