Billy Thalheimer — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder & CEO of REGENT, leading the company to over 90 employees and a commercial backlog of seaglider orders worth more than $9 billion.
Co-founded REGENT in late 2020.
Raised over $100M from investors including Founders Fund, Mark Cuban, Peter Thiel, Japan Airlines, and Lockheed Martin.
Holds a B.S. and M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from MIT.
Licensed aerobatic pilot.

Biography

Billy Thalheimer is the Co-Founder and CEO of REGENT, a company he co-founded in late 2020. Under his leadership, REGENT has grown to over 90 employees, accumulated a commercial backlog of seaglider orders exceeding $9 billion, and successfully raised over $100 million from investors such as Founders Fund, Mark Cuban, Peter Thiel, Japan Airlines, and Lockheed Martin.

Thalheimer's expertise in human-crewed electric aircraft development was honed at Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences.