Robin Chase — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, the world's largest carsharing company.
Co-founder of Buzzcar, a peer-to-peer carsharing service in France, now merged with Drivy/Getaround.com.
Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Veniam, a vehicle communications company.
Author of "Peers Inc: How People and Platforms are Inventing the Collaborative Economy and Reinventing Capitalism" (2015).
Serves on the Boards of Tucows (Chairperson since 2014), Veniam, and the World Resources Institute.
Recipient of awards including Time 100 Most Influential People (2009), Fast Company Fast 50 Innovators, and BusinessWeek Top 10 Designers.
Graduated from Wellesley College and MIT's Sloan School of Management, and was a Harvard University Loeb Fellow.

Biography

Robin Chase is an American transportation entrepreneur recognized for co-founding several innovative companies. She is the co-founder and former CEO of Zipcar, which became the largest carsharing company in the world. She also founded Buzzcar, a peer-to-peer carsharing service in France that later merged with Drivy (now Getaround.com), and GoLoco, an online ridesharing community.