Robin Chase
Transportation entrepreneur and author
Robin Chase is an American transportation entrepreneur who co-founded Zipcar. She wrote Peers Inc, a book on the collaborative economy.
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About Robin Chase
Robin Chase co-founded the car-sharing company Zipcar and was its CEO. She also founded Buzzcar, a peer-to-peer car-sharing service that was acquired by Drivy, and co-founded Veniam, a vehicle network communications company. Beyond her companies, she sat on the board of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and worked on a federal transportation advisory committee. In 2009, Time magazine included her among the 100 most influential people in the world. She is the author of Peers Inc, which looks at how people and platforms are shaping the collaborative economy.