Palmer Luckey — Founder, Anduril Industries

**Palmer Luckey** is the founder of **Anduril Industries**, the defense technology company valued at over $14 billion that is building autonomous systems, sensor towers, counter-drone systems, and AI-powered defense infrastructure for the US military and allied nations. Before Anduril, he founded **Oculus VR** at age 19 in his parents' garage, pioneering modern virtual reality, and sold it to Facebook (now Meta) for $2 billion in 2014.