Steve Fambro

From Apterawiki

Steve Fambro is the founder and CEO of Aptera Motors, Inc, and the originator of the Aptera concept.

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From the Aptera website[1]:

Steve grew up in Georgia learning how to work on cars well before he could drive. After four years in the Army repairing electronics, he decided to pursue his engineering degree. At almost 30, he put himself through college while working as a freelance programmer and building custom loudspeakers. Working in the biotech industry at Illumina, Steve contributed greatly to their patent portfolio and efficiency, while successfully bringing several projects from R&D into manufacturing. Steve also brought a great deal of automation and IP to traditionally labor-intensive manufacturing steps helping to ensure Illumina's market dominance. While most of his colleagues left to start their own biotech firms, Steve left Illumina in 2006 to start Aptera. Starting from his garage and teaching himself composites, he has since grown the company to 15 employees, completed the pre-manufacturing phase of development, and raised two-rounds of funding from outside investors. Steve has a BSEE from the University of Utah and enjoys flying composite airplanes.

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[edit] Riches lawsuit

Fambro was recently sued by the famously litigious prison inmate Jonathan Lee Riches, who sought for $7 million for Fambro not giving him a long-sleeved shirt to stay warm. Also named in the suit were race-car driver Dario Franchitti and his wife, as well as actress Ashley Judd.[2] The lawsuit was dismissed as meritless.