Palmer Luckey (Defense Tech / AR/VR) at Anduril — Costa Mesa, United States

Palmer Luckey founded Oculus VR at age 19, which was acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014. After being ousted from Facebook in 2017, he co-founded Anduril Industries to bring Silicon Valley engineering culture to the US defense sector. Anduril makes autonomous defense systems including Lattice AI, Ghost drones, Sentry surveillance, and the Roadrunner missile. The company is valued at over $14 billion and is one of the fastest-growing defense contractors in history.