
About
Blake Scholl is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, which he started in 2014 to make commercial supersonic travel mainstream. Before Boom, he worked at Amazon and co-founded Kima Labs, a mobile-commerce startup acquired by Groupon in 2012. Under his leadership, Boom's XB-1 became the first civil aircraft to go supersonic in January 2025.
Areas of interest
aerospacesupersonic aviationadvanced manufacturingtransportationaviation policysustainabilityenergyAI infrastructurewildfire technology