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 Andrés de León  (Madrid, 1970 -) is a Spanish expert in high-speed Hyperloop system for the transport of people and goods.

A Hyperloop is a vacuum train, a tube or system of sealed tubes, through which a cabin can travel without resistance to air or friction, transporting people or objects at high speed, drastically reducing travel times over distances of medium range. The Hyperloop system would propel passengers at a speed of 1,200 km/h.

Andrés de León presented in the United States Congress the possibilities of Hyperloop technology.

Nowadays de León is executive CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT).

The company he directs is dedicated to the research and development of the hyperloop system that disclosed Elon Musk HyperloopTT was founded in november 2013 and since then has developed systems and solutions for the high speed transportation, to ensure the safety, sustainability and efficiency of the Hyperloop. .

HyperloopTT operates with collaborative economy: the engineers and other professionals who carry out the research, work without economic remuneration, with the only consideration of options on the shares of the company, trusting in the value that it will have in the future.

Biography
Andrés de León has a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid and an MBA from the Instituto de Empresa.

He was deputy financial director at Terratest, a multinational construction group, specialized in foundations.

Between 2004 and 2010 he directed the Hergom Group, first as deputy general manager and later as CEO. The Hergom Group is a Spanish multinational company of alternative energy products based on biomass and has companies in seven countries on three continents. In this group he founded and was president of Hearthstone QHHP Inc., a subsidiary in the United States based in Morrisville, Vermont.

After completing the stage in Hergom, Andrés de León founded the multinational NM Group, an alternative energy company. He integrated three companies and installed factories in Spain and Chile. The California-based company develops technology to enable collective collaboration, combining crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. It was precisely from JumpStartFund that HyperloopTT was born, in 2013.

Andrés de León was Chief Operating Officer (COO) of HyperloopTT between 2015 and 2019 and in August 2019 was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Interviews

 * Interview on BoldTV (Andrés de León from minute 34:43)
 * Interview in Hoy En Cafe Soriano, Spanish
 * Interview in La Razón, Spanish

Article

 * Accelerating towards commercialization, Andrés de León