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Hi! I'm a COI editor for Luminar, a client of my employer, Porter Novelli. I previously worked on some updates to Draft:Austin Russell, which was rejected by AfC shortly before this article was created. I've revised some of the content from that draft and propose that it be integrated into the article as follows:

Lead

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  • In the infobox, update
| birth_date = 1994–1995 (aged 27)[1]
(which is not corroborated by the source) to
| birth_date= (1995-03-14) March 14, 1995 (age 29)[2]
  • Add to infobox (source[3] provided in below requests for article body):
| birth_place = Newport Beach, California
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Luminar went public in December 2020, vastly increasing his net worth.[4]
to
Luminar went public in December 2020, vastly increasing his net worth[5] and, according to Forbes, making Russell the youngest self-made billionaire in the world.[6]
Since the infobox identifies this as what Russell is "known for", I think it also makes sense to include it in the lead.

Early life and education

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Russell grew up in Newport Beach, California.[3]
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When he was 15, Russell's parents introduced him to laser entrepreneur Jason Eichenholz, who became Russell's mentor and later joined Luminar as co-founder[7] and chief technology officer.[8]
  • Update the beginning of the second paragraph from
He spent the latter part of his teenage years at the University of California at Irvine Beckman laser institute before enrolling in Stanford University. Despite this, he has claimed to have gained most of the knowledge through YouTube and Wikipedia.[9]
to
He graduated from St. Margaret's Episcopal School in 2013.[10] He also studied at the Beckman Laser Institute at the University of California, Irvine[11] while in high school.[12] Russell has said that he often teaches himself new skills from Wikipedia articles and YouTube videos.[11][9]
  • I recommend deleting
While attending the university in 2012, he was awarded $100,000 from the Thiel Fellowship, leading him to found Luminar and ultimately drop out of university.[9]
from this section in favor of starting a new "Luminar" section with additional sources and detail (below).

Luminar

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Russell founded Luminar in 2012[13] while he was still in high school,[14] shortly before turning 17.[3] After graduating from high school, he attended Stanford University for three months,[15] taking courses in applied physics.[16] He dropped out in 2013 when he received a $100,000 Thiel Fellowship,[17][13] which allowed him to focus on Luminar full-time.[18]
The company spent its first five years in stealth mode.[19] Rather than building a system with off-the-shelf components, Russell engineered and manufactured all major components of Luminar's lidar system from the chip level up.[20][2] Luminar's prototype sensor detected objects at a range of up to 200 meters.[21]
On December 3, 2020, Luminar went public,[22] trading on the Nasdaq as LAZR.[14] Russell's 104.7 million shares, roughly one third of Luminar's outstanding equity, were worth $2.4 billion at the close of trading on December 3,[11] making Russell the world's youngest self-made billionaire.[23][6] He also became chairman of the company.[22]

Recognition

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Thanks for your time and feedback! Mary Gaulke (talk) 19:15, 24 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just made the edit to the article. Omitted some things but most of it is the same. Thanks for the request! SuperMug (talk) 09:29, 16 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@SuperMug: Thanks so much! To confirm, do you think the items I proposed for "Recognition" are non-notable? I think the 30 Under 30 hall of fame is pretty significant. Also, wondering if you think {{US-business-bio-stub}} can now be removed from the article. Thanks again. Mary Gaulke (talk) 13:49, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Just added it along with some changes to the original text. Removed the stub marking also. Thanks. SuperMug (talk) 18:42, 18 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you kindly! Mary Gaulke (talk) 14:39, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ "Austin Russell". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b Captain, Sean (April 14, 2017). "This 22-Year-Old CEO Wants To Help Make Self-Driving Cars Affordable". Fast Company. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Lublin, Joann S. (20 March 2021). "Where a Young Billionaire Learned Some Old Lessons". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Austin Russell". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Austin Russell". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b Ohnsman, Alan (April 9, 2021). "How Austin Russell Became The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire". Forbes. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  7. ^ McFarland, Matt (June 14, 2018). "Volvo is the latest automaker to bet on this 23-year-old's startup". CNNMoney. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Soderstrom, Alex (August 25, 2020). "Luminar to go public following multibillion-dollar merger". Orlando Business Journal. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "World's Youngest Billionaire, 26-Year-Old Owes It All To Wikipedia & YouTube". Indiatimes. Retrieved 2022-01-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) Cite error: The named reference "indiatimes" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  10. ^ James, Elysse (June 16, 2013). "2013 top graduate: Austin Russell". Orange County Register. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Ohnsman, Alan; Sternlichtsher, Alexandra (December 3, 2020). "Meet The World's Newest—And Youngest—Self-Made Billionaire: Luminar's Austin Russell". Forbes. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  12. ^ Ohnsman, Alan (April 13, 2017). "A 22-Year-Old CEO Has A Vision For Making Self-Driving Cars A Reality". Forbes. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Vogel, Mike (August 26, 2019). "Orlando's self-driving startup, Luminar Technologies". Florida Trend. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  14. ^ a b Rosenbaum, Eric (December 3, 2020). "Luminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world's first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires". CNBC. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  15. ^ "Luminar thinks its lidar for driverless cars can leave Waymo's and Uber's in the dust". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. April 13, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  16. ^ Said, Carolyn (April 13, 2017). "Luminar makes lidar sensors to help self-driving cars see farther". SFGate. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  17. ^ Megan Rose Dickey (May 9, 2013). "Peter Thiel Is Giving These 20 Teenagers $100,000 To Drop Out Of School And Start A Company". Business Insider. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  18. ^ Blasi, Weston (December 4, 2020). "This 25-year-old is now a billionaire, after his self-driving car company Luminar went public". MarketWatch. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  19. ^ Gilder, George (2018). Life after Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781621575764. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  20. ^ Phillip E. Ross (May 19, 2017). "22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough". IEEE Spectrum. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  21. ^ Tom Simonite (April 13, 2017). "College Dropout Says He's Cracked Self-Driving Cars' Most Crucial Component". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  22. ^ a b Grossman, Matt (December 3, 2020). "Luminar Rises in Market Debut, Making 25-Year-Old Founder a Billionaire". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  23. ^ Patel, Nilay (March 2, 2021). "The 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars". The Verge. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  24. ^ Jamie Condliffe (2017). "Pioneers". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  25. ^ Forbes Staff (2018). "30 Under 30 Youngest". Forbes. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  26. ^ "Forbes Under 30 Hall of Fame". Forbes. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  27. ^ "Austin Russell – 2021 40 Under 40". Fortune. 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  28. ^ Priddle, Alisa (December 13, 2021). "The 2022 MotorTrend Power List Is Here!". MotorTrend. Retrieved December 14, 2021.