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Lyndon Rive is the CEO of SolarCity. Rive is based in the United States. Rive was born in 1977 in Pretoria.

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Recent coverage has focused on Lyndon Rive's departure from Tesla following the company's acquisition of SolarCity, where Rive served as CEO, and his subsequent shift toward African solar ventures. News reports from 2017 documented Rive's exit from Tesla as the solar installer was being absorbed into the larger company. More recent headlines indicate that Rive and co-founder Peter Rive have joined ZOLA Electric to advance solar energy access in Africa.

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Born
January 22, 1977 · Pretoria
Citizenship
South Africa

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Lyndon Rive is CEO of SolarCity.