1. John F Krafcik was born on September 18,1961 and was the CEO of Waymo from 2015 to 2021.
17 Facts About John Krafcik
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John Krafcik was named CEO of Google's self-driving car project in September 2015.
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John Krafcik remained CEO after Google separated its self-driving car project and transitioned it into a new company called Waymo, housed under Google's parent company Alphabet Inc.
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John Krafcik studied mechanical engineering at Stanford University, where he graduated in 1983.
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John Krafcik received his master's degree in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988, where he studied under James P Womack.
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John Krafcik worked in traditional automotive manufacturing for several decades before moving to Google's self-driving car project in 2015.
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John Krafcik worked in the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT as a lean production researcher and consultant from 1986 to 1990.
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John Krafcik's studies formed the data behind Womack's book, The Machine That Changed the World.
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In 1990, John Krafcik moved to Ford Motor Company where he held several positions, including chief engineer for the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator in the late 1990s and early 2000s and the chief engineer for truck chassis engineering.
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John Krafcik started at Hyundai Motor America as vice president for product development and strategic planning in 2004.
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John Krafcik moved to become president of True Car, Inc in 2014 and served as a director of the company's board.
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In 2018, John Krafcik was awarded Smithsonian Magazines American Ingenuity Award for Technology alongside Dmitri Dolgov.
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In December 2016, more than a year after John Krafcik joined Google, the company's self-driving car project was spun off as its own company, Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, and John Krafcik became its CEO.
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In 2017 and 2018, under John Krafcik, Waymo struck partnerships with Lyft, Fiat Chrysler, and Jaguar Land Rover.
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John Krafcik made a deal with Avis Budget Group to maintain its growing fleet.
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John Krafcik pursued licensing Waymo's technology to vehicle manufacturers and has deployed the largest fleet of self-driving cars.
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John Krafcik told auto makers that Waymo's goal is to make better drivers, not cars.