Jay Walder
Jay Walder was the CEO of Hyperloop One, an American transportation technology company. He has been the CEO of Motivate, a bike sharing company, and of the Hong Kong transit company MTR Corporation (MTRC), before resigning from that position in July 2014.
Jay Walder | |
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Walder speaks with News 12 regarding the Port Jervis Line after Hurricane Irene | |
| CEO of the MTR Corporation | |
| In office 1 January 2012 – 15 August 2014 | |
| Chairman | Raymond Chien |
| Preceded by | Chow Chung-kong |
| Succeeded by | Lincoln Leong |
| 10th Chairman & CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |
| In office October 5, 2009 – October 21, 2011 | |
| Governor | David Paterson Andrew Cuomo |
| Preceded by | H. Dale Hemmerdinger (as Chairman) Helena E. Williams (as Interim CEO) Elliot G. Sander (as CEO) |
| Succeeded by | Joseph J. Lhota |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Residence | New York City |
| Alma mater | Binghamton University Harvard University |
Before joining MTRC, Walder was the chairman and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the New York metropolitan area, the largest transit agency in the United States.
Prior to his service at the MTA, Walder was the managing director for finance and planning at Transport for London until 2007, and is credited with the introduction of the Oyster card and with drafting London's successful bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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