Bolt Threads CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Bolt Threads?

The CEO of Bolt Threads is Dan Widmaier.

Q: Who is the founder of Bolt Threads?

Dan Widmaier, David Breslauer and Ethan Mirsky founded Bolt Threads.

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Bolt Threads CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Dan Widmaier is the Bolt Threads's CEO. Bolt Threads has 101 employees, of which 14 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Bolt Threads executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
60% of the management team is White.
15% of Bolt Threads management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Dan Widmaier

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Chief Executive Officer of a fast-growing advanced materials technology company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bolt Threads harnesses proteins found in nature to create versatile and sustainable high-performance materials for consumer products.

Specialties: Management, Finance, Business Development, Advanced Materials Development, Chemistry, Chemical Biology, and Entrepreneurship

David Breslauer

Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder

David guides the design, production, and testing of new silk polymers and fibers with desired performance properties. A born communicator, David uses his talent for elocution to coordinate among Bolt Threads’ research teams. His graduate research on silk during his Bioengineering PhD at UC Berkeley and UCSF comes in handy as he directs long-term technical strategy.

Ethan Mirsky

Co-Founder

Sue Levin

Chief Marketing Officer

Sue Levin is a Chief Marketing Officer at BOLT Threads and is based in Portland, Oregon.

Jamie Bainbridge

VP of Product Development

Jerry Fiddler

Board Member

Jim Kim

Board Member

Randy Befumo

Chief Financial Officer

Steve Vassallo

Board Member

Deanna Chechile

General Counsel

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Bolt Threads founders

Name & TitleBio

Dan Widmaier

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

David Breslauer

Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder

Ethan Mirsky

Co-Founder

Bolt Threads board members

Name & TitleBio

Jerry Fiddler

Board Member

Jim Kim

Board Member

Steve Vassallo

Board Member

Lawrence Chu

Board Member

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Updated November 18, 2022

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