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Ex-BMW Group founders who just went stealth

15 founders who worked at BMW Group started a company in stealth in the last 1783 weeks.

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Patrick André Mielmann

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Developing Future Mobility Services
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Developing Future Mobility Services at BMW Group2008-2008 · left Sep 2008
  • Co-Founder & Venture Builder at moons2019-2020
  • Turnaround Consultant at GLOSSYBOX2013-2013
  • Growth Operator / Turnarounds at Rocket Internet SE2011-2013
  • Operating Partner at 212122012-2013
  • Vice President International at Groupon2011-2012
  • Founder & CEO at Trendbooker2009-2011
Education
  • ESADE Business SchoolMS
  • CEMSMS
  • Università BocconiBS

Zaid Efraij

Co-Founder
Left
BMW Group
AI Strategy
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • AI Strategy at BMW Group2024-2025 · left Jan 2025
  • Special Projects Engineer - Physical AI at EGYM2024-2026
  • Venture Operations Lead at TUM.ai2023-2025
  • Software Engineer - AI for Surgical Navigation at metamorphosis GmbH2022-2024
  • R&D Engineer - Simulation at dSPACE2021-2022
Education
  • Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
  • TU MunichMaster's
  • Paderborn UniversityBachelor's

Kyle Redinger

CEO & Co-Founder
Left
BMW Group
Internal Consultant
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Internal Consultant at BMW Group2004-2004 · left Aug 2004
  • Founder at CrossFit Charlottesville & SuperFit Games2009-2021
  • Co-Founder at VividCortex2012-2014
  • Managing Director/Co-Founder at DeParis Redinger LLC2006-2011
  • Financial Analyst at Microsoft2005-2006
  • Research Analyst at University of Virginia2001-2005
Education
  • Darden Graduate School of Business AdministrationMaster's
  • University of VirginiaBS

Arvind Behura

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Financial Manager
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Financial Manager at BMW Group2013-2014 · left Sep 2014
  • Director of Global Operations & Corporate Affairs Lead - Founding Team at INFINIT2022-2025
  • MD / Chief Operating Officer at CARDIOPARC2021-2022
  • Co-Founder at HealthSquad2020-2021
  • Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Datlas2020-2021
  • Chief Operating Officer at FretLink2018-2020
  • Operations Director - France at AUTO1 Group2014-2018
Education
  • ESSEC Business SchoolMaster's
  • IÉSEG School of ManagementMaster's

Daniel Homola

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Project Lead and Machine Learning Engineer - Generative AI Accelerator
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Project Lead and Machine Learning Engineer - Generative AI Accelerator at BMW Group2023-2024 · left Mar 2024
  • Data Scientist - Research Project at Amazon2020-2021
  • Data Engineer at Magazino - a Jungheinrich company2019-2021
  • Data Scientist at AT&T2018-2018
  • QA Engineer at Honeywell Technologies2017-2018
Education
  • Technical University MunichMaster's
  • Masarykova univerzita BrnoBachelor's

Anton Leier

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Deep Learning Researcher
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Deep Learning Researcher at BMW Group2019-2019 · left Dec 2019
  • Head of AI at ZOOP2025-2026
  • Co-Founder at Leier Software Solutions2023-2026
  • Autonomous Driving at Volkswagen2022-2023
  • Software Engineer at IBM2021-2022
Education
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMaster's
  • Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule RegensburgBS
  • Západočeská univerzita v Plzni (ZČU)

Laurents Mohr

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Product Manager
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Product Manager at BMW Group2015-2015 · left Jul 2015
  • Tech & Product Lead (interim) at FANtium2022-2022
  • Co-Founder at happyglam2020-2021
  • Full Stack Developer at Moonfare2018-2020
  • Manager Marketing & Operations at VERTS Mediterranean Grill2017-2018
  • Head Of Marketing (interim) at Legaly2017-2017
  • Visiting Associate at Monitor Deloitte2016-2016
Education
  • WHUBS
  • University of HamburgMD
  • The University of Texas at AustinBachelor's

Laura Roduner

Co-Founder
Left
BMW Group
Autonomous Driving Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Stealth Robotics Startup
Work
  • Autonomous Driving Software Engineer at BMW Group2025-2026 · until Aug 2026
  • Professional Athlete at Swiss Equestrian2018-2024
  • Robot Simulation at Disney Research2023-2024
  • Semester Project at AVL Software and Functions GmbH2023-2023
  • Intern at KYBURZ Switzerland AG2022-2022
  • Intern at Felix Eberhard Traktoren und Landmaschinenbetrieb2018-2018
Education
  • ETH ZürichBachelor's
  • École PolytechniqueMaster's
  • Eastbourne College

Jenika Patel

Founder & AI Product Lead
Left
BMW Group
Business Analyst
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Business Analyst at BMW Group2024-2026 · left Jul 2026
  • Digital Marketing Analyst at That Girl2026-2026
  • Leadership Programme - Future Leader of UK Alumni at Future Leaders UK2022-2024
  • Music Marketing Analyst - Summer Intern at Warner Music Group2024-2024
  • KS3 & GCSE English, Maths & Science Tutor at Learning Labs Group & Publications2023-2024
  • Social Media Manager at A Traveller Influencer2023-2023
Education
  • Kaplan

Faidra A. Patsatzi

Co-founder & CTO
Left
BMW Group
AI Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • AI Engineer at BMW Group2024-2025 · left Mar 2025
  • Founder in Residence at The Bridge2026-2026
  • Solutions Architect at Amazon2025-2025
  • Research Intern at Technical University of Munich2025-2025
  • ML Engineer at Siemens2023-2024
  • Co-Founder at neuroTUM2022-2023
  • Software Engineer Working Student at metafinanz2022-2023
Education
  • Stanford University
  • TU MunichMS
  • TU MunichBS

Corbin Wheate

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Left
BMW Group
Sales And Marketing Specialist
Before that
Went stealthMay 2026
Work
  • Sales And Marketing Specialist at BMW Group2017-2019 · left Mar 2019
  • Founder at Blackbird2026-2026
Education
  • Australian Catholic UniversityBachelor's
  • St Joseph's Nudgee College

Fabian Klaps

Co-Founder
Left
BMW Group
Partnering & Strategy at BMW Designworks LA
Before that
Went stealthLaunched Consero
Work
  • Partnering & Strategy at BMW Designworks LA at BMW Group2025-2026 · until Sep 2026
  • Freelance Consulting at VIA Studentische Unternehmensberatung e. V.2022-2025
  • Strategy and Portfolio Management for Digital Products & Services at BMW Group2025-2025
  • Management Consulting at Porsche Consulting2025-2025
  • Business Development at Kao EMEA & Americas2024-2024
  • Management Consulting at thyssenkrupp Management Consulting2024-2024
  • Corporate Venturing / Innovation Management at BASF2023-2024
Education
  • Tongji University
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Lehigh University

Elyazid Elhamriti

Co-Founder
Left
BMW Group
Co-Op, Accounting
Before that
Went stealthSep 2025
Work
  • Co-Op, Accounting at BMW Group2021-2022 · left Jan 2022
  • Investment Banking Analyst at Crédit Agricole CIB2024-2025
  • Analyst, Capital Markets at Nuveen, a TIAA company2023-2024
  • International Finance Intern at Cleveland Clinic2021-2021
Education
  • The College of Wooster
  • NYU

Marco Pennacchiotti

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Head of Data Management and Data Analytics
Before that
Went stealthJul 2025
Work
  • Head of Data Management and Data Analytics at BMW Group2016-2023 · left Feb 2023
  • Head of Data Science and Data Engineering at Entrix2024-2025
  • Senior ML Engineer at Meta2023-2024
  • Expert at European Commission2013-2017
  • Principal Research Scientist at eBay2012-2016
  • AI specialist at Loop.AI - The AI Agents Platform2013-2014
  • Research Scientist at Yahoo2008-2012
Education
  • University of Rome Tor VergataPhD
  • University of Rome Tor VergataMS

Vijal ᅠ

Founder
Left
BMW Group
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2023
Work
  • Software Engineer at BMW Group2022-2023 · left Sep 2023
  • Software Engineer at Mr D2022-2022
  • Software Engineer at Seacom Ltd2020-2021
  • Software Engineer at Infoware Studios2019-2019
Education
  • University of JohannesburgBEng

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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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About this list

What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.