Physicist & Space Technology Entrepreneur; CEO at Planet Labs; Former NASA Scientist; Expert in Earth Observation
Will Marshall Biography
Will Marshall is an English physicist and entrepreneur recognized as the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Planet Labs PBC, a satellite and Earth data company based in San Francisco. Marshall co-founded Planet Labs with Chris Boshuizen and Robbie Schingler. The company became the first to launch a constellation of small satellites into low Earth orbit, leveraging Marshall's prior research and experiments. He has guided the company from its origins in a Cupertino garage to a New York Stock Exchange-listed public benefit corporation with approximately 900 employees and more than 200 satellites in orbit.
Before founding Planet Labs, Marshall built a scientific career at NASA. He contributed to the formation of the Small Spacecraft Office at NASA Ames Research Center, worked as a systems engineer on the lunar orbiter mission "LADEE," served on the science team for the lunar impactor mission "LCROSS," co-led the PhoneSat project, and was the technical lead on space debris remediation research. Marshall holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Oxford and a master's degree in physics with space science and technology from the University of Leicester. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at George Washington University and Harvard.
Marshall oversees the vision, product, and business strategy at Planet Labs, advancing the company's mission to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable and secure world. The team at Planet Labs operates the world's largest fleet of Earth observation satellites, imaging the entire planet daily. The company also develops artificial intelligence solutions to index and analyze objects on Earth over time, enabling users to search and interpret changes across the physical world through natural-language queries—a concept Marshall describes as planetary intelligence.
Marshall is a frequent public speaker and has delivered TED Talks, appeared on "60 Minutes," and been featured in the documentary "Wild Wild Space." He has spoken at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Dean's Lecture series, addressing the use of satellite data in supporting a sustainable economy. At the AI for Good Global Summit, he discussed applications of planetary intelligence, including monitoring illegal activity in the Amazon and assessing wildfire damage. Marshall has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and serves on the board of the Open Lunar Foundation.
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