Guillermo Söhnlein

Guillermo is the co-founder of Humans2Venus, which has a long-term vision of establishing a permanent human presence of 1,000+ people in the Venusian atmosphere by 2050. He is also founder of Blue Marble Exploration, which organizes ocean exploration expeditions for the purpose of inspirational storytelling. His philanthropic activities are focused on WayPaver Foundation, which is dedicated to making humanity a multi-planet species by supporting projects on Earth in the fields of exploration, science, education, and sustainability.

Over the course his entrepreneurial career, Guillermo has launched 8 for-profit ventures and 4 nonprofit organizations. He was previously founder of Space Angels Network, a global group of individual accredited investors focused on early-stage space ventures, and co-founder of OceanGate, which designs, builds, and operates deep sea crewed submersibles. He organized and led six ocean exploration expeditions using submersibles and was admitted as a member of The Explorers Club.

Guillermo started is professional career in Silicon Valley and has worked all over the United States, as well as the Bahamas, Canada, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Qatar, Spain, and Switzerland. A former officer in the United States Marine Corps, he earned his AB in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and his JD from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.