Jay Godsall
| Jay Godsall | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1966 Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| 🏡 Residence | Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| 💼 Occupation | CEO of Solar Ship |
Jay Godsall[1][2] (born June 8, 1966) is a Canadian entrepreneur based in Toronto.[3] He is founder and CEO of Solar Ship, a hybrid aircraft company.[4][5]
Early life[edit]
Jay grew up as the second of five sons of Terry Godsall, who was Co-Founder of the legendary car racing team, Penske Godsall Racing.[6]
Jay's grandfather, Gordon Godsall, was the founder of a Canadian bush plane company[7], whose first innovation was to put skis on a Cessna AT-17 Bobcat. Jay’s exposure to entrepreneurs making, selling and operating machines in remote areas gave him the curiosity to do the same.
Jay’s first business was snow shovelling and lawn mowing in Ottawa.[8] In high school, he met the sons of the Burundian ambassador to Canada, one of whom was Michel Rugema. On February 5th, 1983, the Burundian ambassador invited him to a lunch for the ambassadors of landlocked African countries. During this discussion, one of the diplomats suggested that if Africa’s transport problems could be solved, Africa would rise faster than Asia. Jay became interested in the problem and asked about why trains, trucks and planes could not solve the problem.[9]
At McGill University in 1989, Jay wrote an economics thesis[10] based on Theodore von Kármán’s concepts for bridging the Transport Capability Gap (Von_Kármán–Gabrielli_diagram) between surface transport (land and sea) and air transport.
Solar Ship[edit]
In 2006,[11] Jay founded Solar Ship, a Toronto-based company developing hybrid aircraft to operate in remote areas without the need for fuel, roads or infrastructure. Solar Ship also builds aerostats and hangars for remote areas.[12] In 2012, Sustainable Development Technology Canada provided $2.2 million in funding[13] for Solar Ship to develop a solar powered hybrid aircraft for transport in the Arctic and for disaster relief missions.[14][15]
In 2014, Kuang-Chi Science, a publicly traded company in Hong Kong, invested $17M CAD in Solar Ship for 32% equity.[16] In 2020, Kuang-Chi Science exited Solar Ship.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Rescue Squad: Disaster Aid Gets Some New Rides". Wired. December 5, 2013. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Greening the fleet: Driving efficiency in the heavy transportation sector". The Star. September 15, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Solar Ship aims to soar". BBC. November 18, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Solar Ship challenges Lockheed Martin to airship race". Skies Magazine. December 12, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Innovative "new age" Canadian transport to world's remote areas". Radio Canada International. March 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "The Lightweight legend lives on". The Globe and Mail. March 26, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "4 Canadian part-solar flying machines sold to Africa". CBC News. October 10, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Torontonians who are making a killing in the tech sector". Toronto Life. June 7, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Connecting the North: Interview with Solar Ship CEO Jay Godsall". NATO Association of Canada. February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "SolarShip: A Solar-Powered, Helium-Filled Cargo Plane That Floats (Video)". TreeHugger. October 26, 2011. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Jay Godsall: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Taking clean technology to new heights". MaRS Discovery District. November 4, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
- ↑ "This Toronto company's solar-powered plane doesn't even need a runway". Canadian Business. April 1, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Hamilton: Toronto start-up designs solar-powered hybrid aircraft". The Star. October 15, 2011. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Hybrid aircraft maker looks to connect the North". Northern Ontario Business. November 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ↑ "Kuangchi Science Invests $17 Million In Solar Ship". Gowling WLG. May 1, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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