Peter Platzer

Bio

Peter Platzer is the CEO and co-founder of Spire Global, a leading provider of space-based data, analytics and space services. Prior to founding Spire in 2012, Platzer trained at CERN and the Max Planck Institute before turning to business with the Boston Consulting Group in Germany, Singapore, and Thailand. He spent nearly a decade on Wall Street as a quantitative trader before leaving finance in 2011 to focus on high-frequency and high-accuracy data in space. He advised on space commercialization at NASA Ames’ Space Portal while studying at the International Space University.

Platzer has been widely recognized for his visionary leadership. He was named a White House Champion of Change in 2013 and a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum in 2015.

Platzer holds an M.S. in Physics from the Technical University of Vienna, an M.Sc. in Space Science and Management from the International Space University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.