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Aicha Evans

CEO of Zoox; First African-American Woman to Lead a Self-Driving Car Company

CEO of Zoox; First African-American Woman to Lead a Self-Driving Car Company

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Aicha Evans Biography

Aicha Evans is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Zoox Inc., a position she has held since 2019. When she was appointed CEO of Zoox, Evans became the first African-American female CEO of an autonomous vehicle technology company.

Zoox is developing an autonomous ride-hailing service that it plans to launch in 2020. Evans is preparing Zoox to handle the transition from developing ideas to bringing those ideas to the market, and ensuring the company's autonomous driving technology is safe enough for consumers. Evans was named to Business Insider's list of the 100 people transforming business. In June 2020, Evans led the acquisition of Zoox by Amazon for $1.3 billion.

Prior to serving as CEO of Zoox, Evans served as General Manager of Communication & Devices, Corporate Vice President, Head of Mobile Chip Business, and General Manager of Platform Engineering Group at Intel Corporation. Her final role at Intel was as its Chief Strategy Officer, a position she held until January 2019.

At Intel, Evans was responsible for driving platform engineering for multi-comm products and platforms as well as emerging wireless technologies. She also served 10 years in various engineering management positions at Rockwell Semiconductors, Conexant, and Skyworks, and as an Independent Director of Autoliv, Inc.

Evans holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from The George Washington University. Evans was born in Senegal and spent her childhood in Paris.

Aicha Evans Videos

  • GHC 19 Opening Keynote - Aicha Evans
    Aicha Evans discusses becoming CEO of the startup Zoox and the importance of taking risks.
  • Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019: Zoox CEO Aicha Evans
    Zoox CEO Aicha Evans & Former Cisco Executive VP Wim Elfrink speak at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019.
  • Aicha Evans | 100 Coaches

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