About
Thomas Forner is an entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience in building innovative technology companies. As co-founder and CEO of Focused Energy, he leads the world's top laser fusion company, making clean, safe, and nearly unlimited energy a reality. Focused Energy is the only fusion company whose laser fusion approach has achieved a proven net energy gain to date. Following this decisive breakthrough in laser fusion research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2022, Thomas Forner brought key members of the research team to Focused Energy, forming a world-leading team of experts. Under his leadership, the company is purposefully advancing the commercialization of laser fusion, supported by both the US government and the German federal government. Forner previously spent over fifteen years in the technology startup scene. His extensive expertise is now a key success factor in establishing and scaling Focused Energy.
