Rey Banatao leads the circular economy initiative for X, the moonshot factory at Alphabet.
With a diverse technical and entrepreneurial background, Banatao has co-founded and scaled materials science companies focused on novel bio-based and chemically recyclable polymers. His innovations have been commercialized at scale across multiple industries like sporting goods, built environment and renewable energy, including the world’s first recyclable wind blade.
The World Economic Forum recognized Rey Banatao as a Young Global Leader in 2013. He is also an advisor and investor in numerous sustainable materials startups, an industry advisor to the Department of Energy’s Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts Development Unit at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, on the scientific advisory board for the BioP2P (BioProcess to Product) Network. He was a Google for Startups Accelerator mentor for the first circular economy program at Google.