Aicha Evans — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

CEO of Zoox, Amazon's self-driving car subsidiary.
Led Zoox's US$1.3 billion acquisition by Amazon in June 2020.
Served as Chief Strategy Officer at Intel, specializing in wireless engineering and 5G.
Held leadership of a communications and devices division with over 7,000 employees at Intel.
Serves as a trustee for the Anita Borg Institute for Women & Technology.
Received a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from The George Washington University in 1996.

Biography

Aicha Evans is the CEO of Zoox, Amazon's self-driving car subsidiary. She assumed this role in February 2019, becoming the first Senegalese-American female CEO of an autonomous vehicle technology company. In June 2020, Evans led Zoox through its US$1.

3 billion acquisition by Amazon, continuing to manage the company as a stand-alone business post-acquisition. Zoox focuses on transportation as a service in cities, utilizing a fleet of zero-emission autonomous vehicles.