Boyan Slat

Quick Facts

Full Name	Boyan Slat
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1994(1994-07-27)
Age	30
Birthplace	Delft
Country	Netherlands
Birth City	South Holland
Horoscope	Leo

Boyan Slat Biography

Boyan Slat is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on July 27, 1994 in Delft, South Holland, Netherlands.

In 2011, aged 16, Slat came across more plastic than fish while diving in Greece. He decided to devote a high school project for deeper investigation into ocean plastic pollution and why it was considered impossible to clean up. He later came up with the idea to build a passive system, using the circulating ocean currents to his advantage, which he presented at a TEDx talk in Delft in 2012.

In 2013 Slat founded the non-profit entity The Ocean Cleanup, of which he is now the CEO. The group’s mission is to develop advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. It raised US$2.2 million through a crowd funding campaign with the help of 38,000 donors from 160 countries. In June 2014, the Ocean Cleanup published a 528-page feasibility study about the project’s potential. Oceanographers Kim Martini and Miriam Goldstein declared the concept unfeasible in a technical critique of the feasibility study on the Deep Sea News website, which was cited by other publications, including Popular Science and The Guardian. The Guardian reported that, as of March 2016, the Ocean Cleanup was continuing to test and refine the concept.

Boyan Slat Net Worth

Boyan Slat is one of the richest Entrepreneur from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Boyan Slat 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Boyan Slat (born (1994-07-27 ) 27 July 1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur. A former aerospace engineering student, he is the CEO of The Ocean Cleanup.

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Who is Boyan Slat Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Boyan Slat celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

How did Boyan Slat make his money?

Boyan had just started studying Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft but continued working out his concept in parallel. After 6 months, he decided to quit his studies and founded The Ocean Cleanup , with just 300 euros of savings as a starting capital.

What did Boyan Slat invent?

He has developed a floating device to trap plastic waste moving into rivers before it reaches the high seas. Boyan Slat was just 18 years old when he invented a system for catching waste in the ocean. He also founded an environmental group called The Ocean Cleanup. Its purpose is to develop and deploy the system.

Who funds Boyan Slat?

He was selected for a Thiel Fellowship, a program started in 2011 by venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel. It gives $100,000 to entrepreneurs 22 years old and younger who have left or postponed college to work on their start-up.

Who is Boyan Slat and what did he do?

Boyan Slat (1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur who creates technologies to solve societal problems. He is the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, which develops advanced systems to rid world’s oceans of plastic.

Is ocean cleanup legit?

The Ocean Cleanup Project is essentially a scam at this point. It can’t work for numerous ecological (scoops up ocean life) and engineering (the ocean is HUGE, corrosive, and violent) reasons.