Daphne de Jong

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Daphne de Jong
Born1990
The Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Alma mater Cranfield University (MSc), International Space University (MSc)
AwardsForbes 30 under 30

Daphne de Jong is an aerospace engineer and a trained commercial pilot. [1] In 2018, she was listed as Forbes 30 under 30 in consumer technology. [1] She worked on the first Amazon Prime Air [2] customer delivery in the United Kingdom. [3] She is a board director at United Nations Women in San Francisco.

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Education

De Jong graduated from Cranfield University with a MSc in aerospace engineering and from International Space University with a MSc in space technologies. [4]

Career

Daphne de Jong worked for Waymo [5] and Rivian on advanced autonomous vehicles. Previously, she also worked for SpaceX. At Amazon Prime Air she contributed to deliver Amazon's packages to their customers by autonomous drones. [3] [2] [4] She also spent time at NASA Ames, focused on optimizing flight networks. [1] [4]

Personal life

De Jong has described her goal as the development of technologies that will transform people's lives, [6] a topic she discussed in her TED talk [7] and multiple interviews. [8] [9] [10]

In 2019, she climbed Mount Everest. [7] [11] [12] [13]

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  6. ↑ Zijl, Door Caroline van (2019-10-22). "Zo bereidde Daphne zich voor op haar Mount Everest klim". Women's Health (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  7. 1 2 Jong, Daphne de (2019-09-04), Climbing Chomolunga - Why Equality Matters , retrieved 2023-07-10
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  9. ↑ Kennis Kracht Podcast. "Podcast #54 met Daphne de Jong over het beklimmen van de hoogste bergen van de wereld". Radio. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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  12. ↑ "Daphne (29) beklom de Mount Everest en zag overleden mensen liggen". www.linda.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  13. ↑ Reider, Juliana (2020-10-18). "Moonshots: Kickstart your Career". AnitaBees|Buzz. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
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