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Bob Mumgaard
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    Cleantech

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    Boston, MA

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Bob Mumgaard

TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #48

Cofounder and CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player?

For advances in fusion energy, climate tech, and entrepreneurship.

Bob Mumgaard sees a future powered by clean, unlimited, fusion energy. In 2018, he founded CFS, a fusion energy startup company out of MIT. CFS's goal is to commercialize fusion power and bring clean energy to the grid to combat climate change. It has raised more than $2 billion from leading global investors.

Mumgaard has a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics and an M.S. in nuclear engineering from MIT, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Nebraska.

CAREER MILESTONES

2021

Raised $1.8 billion in venture funding for Commonwealth Fusion Systems

2019

In collaboration with National Labs, CFS won U.S. Department of Energy Award

2016

Became postdoctoral fellow at MIT

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TECH POWER PLAYERS 50 | RANKED #48

Bob Mumgaard

Cofounder and CEO, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Bob Mumgaard
  • Industry

    Cleantech

  • Location

    Boston, MA

  • Social Media

BIOGRAPHY

Why a Tech Power Player?

For advances in fusion energy, climate tech, and entrepreneurship.

Bob Mumgaard sees a future powered by clean, unlimited, fusion energy. In 2018, he founded CFS, a fusion energy startup company out of MIT. CFS's goal is to commercialize fusion power and bring clean energy to the grid to combat climate change. It has raised more than $2 billion from leading global investors.

Mumgaard has a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics and an M.S. in nuclear engineering from MIT, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a B.S. in engineering physics from the University of Nebraska.

CAREER MILESTONES

2021

Raised $1.8 billion in venture funding for Commonwealth Fusion Systems

2019

In collaboration with National Labs, CFS won U.S. Department of Energy Award

2016

Became postdoctoral fellow at MIT

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