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Lyndon Rive (born 22 January 1977) is a South African businessman known as the co-founder of SolarCity, and its CEO until 2016. SolarCity is a provider of photovoltaic systems and related services. Rive co-founded SolarCity with his brother Peter in 2006. Rive started his first company at age 17 before leaving his native country, South Africa.
The company was founded on July 4, 2006, by Peter and Lyndon Rive, the cousins of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Tesla acquired SolarCity in 2016, at a cost of approximately US$2.6 billion (equivalent to $3.3 billion in 2023) and reorganized its solar business into Tesla Energy.
May 15, 2017 · Lyndon Rive, the co-founder and former CEO of SolarCity, did not attend last week's call with reporters when Tesla unveiled new details about the Solar Roof. It was a sign of a coming change....
Jan 10, 2016 · Lyndon Rive. Job: Solar City CEO. Born: Pretoria, South Africa. Age: 38. Career: Rive started his first company, LRS, while still in high school. He and brother Peter founded SolarCity in 2006,...
Oct 9, 2014 · Rive, a hyperenergetic, fast-talking 37-year-old, says he has a plan to get there, which includes building one of the world’s largest solar-panel plants in Buffalo—a move even many of his...
Oct 10, 2014 · This week, we’ll talk with CEO Lyndon Rive about SolarCity’s move into manufacturing, its new loan product, the outlook for U.S. policy and the way the company calculates “retained value ...
Oct 9, 2013 · Removing the upfront capital investment of going solar, coupled with falling equipment costs, has helped fuel rapid growth in residential solar the past few years. Lyndon Rive can’t afford to slow down, though. The company has set a goal of installing solar at 1 million customers in the U.S. by Independence Day 2018.
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