Nikhil Goel, Angel Investor

Nikhil is the Chief Commercial Officer at Archer Aviation. As CCO, Goel is responsible for spearheading Archer’s global commercialization efforts. Prior to Archer, Nikhil co-founded the Elevate (uber.com/air) team at Uber in 2015 -- Uber's initiative to launch urban aerial ridesharing across the world's most congested cities, as well as their more nascent Uber Copter product in New York City and their drone delivery project for Uber Eats in San Diego. In 2020, he helped lead the division's strategic sale to Joby Aviation. Nikhil is a serial entrepreneur who has built & sold several internet startups, and he is an active angel investor (60+ companies) & advisor to numerous companies globally. Goel previously held tenures at Uber, McKinsey & Company, Google, Microsoft, and NASA. Nikhil has been previously recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee in Consumer Technology, as well as a United States Presidential Scholar. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Vanderbilt University with majors in Computer Engineering and Economics.