Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Principal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
  • Primary Organization 
    Bloom Energy
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Prior to founding Bloom Energy, KR Sridhar was Director of the Space Technologies Laboratory (STL) at the University of Arizona where he was also a professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering.Under his leadership, STL won several nationally competitive contracts to conduct research and development for Mars exploration and flight experiments

to Mars. KR has served as an advisor to NASA and has led major consortia of industry, academia, and national labs. His work for the NASA Mars program to convert Martian atmospheric gases to oxygen for propulsion and life support was recognized by Fortune Magazine, where he was cited as "one of the top five futurists inventing tomorrow, today." As one of the early pioneers in green tech, KR also serves as a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and as a special advisor to New Enterprise Associates. He has also served on many technical committees, panels and advisory boards and has several publications and patents.

KR received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honors from the University of Madras (now called NIT, Trichy), India, as well as his master's degree in Nuclear Engineering and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 2
KR Sridhar has 2 current jobs as Principal, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Bloom Energy and Strategic Limited Partner at Kleiner Perkins. Additionally, KR Sridhar has had 2 past jobs including Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at University of Arizona.
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University of Arizona
Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Arizona
Director of the Space Technologies Laboratory
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 2
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
KR Sridhar holds 2 board and advisor roles as Member of Venture Advisor at New Enterprise Associates and Board Member at Bloom Energy.
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NASA
Member of the Board of Advisor
Number of Events 1
KR Sridhar has participated in 1 event, Tamil Entrepreneurs Forum on Jul 3, 2015.