John Krafcik

Krafcik, a mechanical engineer known for coining the term “lean production,” had a 40-year career in the automotive industry, previously serving as CEO of Hyundai Motor America and briefly as president of TrueCar. In 2015, he became CEO of Waymo — Google’s once-secretive self-driving car project, now an official subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. — which develops self-driving tech and operates self-driving taxis in select U.S. cities. Krafcik resigned as CEO of Waymo in 2021. He and his wife Leila Knob-Krafcik recently purchased a $9.6 million home in Los Angeles.