Awards & Recognition
★Motor Trend's top 50 most influential automotive executives
★Top 25 designers of all time by Automobile Magazine
★Adweek top 50 honoree 2023
★Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business 2018 (#6)
★Automotive News 2013 Automotive Innovator of the Year
★Forbes 2013 Most Stylish Man of the Year
★AUTOMOBILE Magazine 2010 Automotive Executive of the Year
★Tesla Model S won 2013 IDEA Best in Show award
★Motor Trend 2013 Car of the Year for Tesla Model S
★Pontiac Solstice won Automobile Magazine's Design of the Year Award 2006
Notable Facts
→Chief Designer at Tesla since 2008, responsible for all Tesla vehicle designs including Model S, 3, X, Y, Cybertruck, Semi
→Directly reports to Elon Musk and oversees design team of 300+ people
→Previously worked at Mazda (Director), General Motors (Design Manager), and Volkswagen
→Graduated from ArtCenter College of Design (BS Transportation Design 1992)
→Serves on ArtCenter College of Design Board of Trustees since 2024
→Designed iconic Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky at GM
→Led design of Mazda Furai and Nagare concept cars
→Worked on original Volkswagen New Beetle redesign
→Married to Vicki von Holzhausen, founder of sustainable materials company
→Works from Tesla's design studio in converted aircraft hangar in Hawthorne, CA