Luminar going public makes 25-year-old Austin Russell one of world’s first, and youngest, self-driving billionaires

Tesla isn’t the only upstart auto industry player having a big year.

Luminar, which creates lidar technology critical to many automakers’ autonomous driving efforts, is going public on Thursday through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and the deal will make Luminar co-founder and CEO Austin Russell a billionaire — at the age of 25.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/03/luminar-ipo-mints-a-25-year-old-autonomous-driving-billionaire.html