Robert Playter - CEO @ Boston Dynamics - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

CB Rank (Person)

Primary Job Title CEO
Primary Organization
Boston Dynamics

Location Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Regions Greater Boston Area, East Coast, New England
Gender Male

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Robert Playter is based out of Waltham, Massachusetts and is the Chief Executive Officer of Boston Dynamics. Robert previously worked at Google as a Director. Robert attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Robert Playter

is the

CEO

Boston Dynamics

. Additionally,

Robert Playter

has had

past jobs including

Chief Operating Officer

Boston Dynamics

Boston Dynamics CEONov 2019

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Boston Dynamics	Chief Operating Officer	Feb 2018	Nov 2019
Google	Director	Dec 2013	Feb 2018
Boston Dynamics	Vice President of Engineering	1994	2012

Related Hubs

Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Greater Boston Area Acquired Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	13,481
Sensor Acquired Companies	57,388
New England Acquired Companies With More Than $50M in Revenue	28,754
Black/African American Founded with funding since 2019	79,411
East Coast Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)	270
Sensor Companies that Exited	46,090
Greater Boston Area Acquired Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue	20,457
Northeastern US Acquired Companies With More Than 500 Employees	5,775
Greater Boston Area Companies With Less Than $500M in Revenue (Top 10K)	4,851
Greater Boston Area Acquired Companies With More Than 50 Employees	22,901

Education

Robert Playter

studied at

The Ohio State University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

, and

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Ohio State University Bachelor's degreeAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering19821986
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MSAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering19861988
Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhDAerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering19901994

Events

Number of Events

Robert Playter

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

WebSummit 2025

Nov 10, 2025

WebSummit 2025 SpeakerNov 10, 2025
Collision Conference 2022 SpeakerJun 20, 2022
TechCrunch Disrupt 2020 SpeakerSep 14, 2020