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The first fusion power plant is due to begin its operations imminently, but what does the fusion-powered future mean for the energy sector and beyond?
Bob Mumgaard
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the world’s largest and best-capitalized fusion energy company. Co-founded the company with a mission to commercialize the high-field approach to fusion and has grown it to 800 employees, raising more than $2 billion from the world’s leading climate investors including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, The Engine, oil majors including Eni and Equinor, and long-term strategic investors including Temasek and Tiger Global, among others. Has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Nebraska, an MS in Nuclear Engineering and a PhD in Applied Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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