Description
Mait Müntel is an entrepreneur with a background in particle physics. He received his PhD in Theoretical Physics in 2008 from the University of Tartu. He joined the CMS experiment at CERN while a PhD student in 2004 and left after the discovery of Higgs boson in 2013.
He had the idea of using the same algorithms from particle physics to help others learn languages 10 times more efficiently. Lingvist is its embodiment, a company with millions of users and a team of 40 people, including the core technology team leader and co-founder of Skype.
Mait was named among the 100 most influential EdTech leaders in 2015. He has since co-founded Fermi Energy. It will build the first small modular nuclear power plant in Europe.
An avid traveller, Mait has climbed the highest active volcano in Kamchatka and has reached the peak of Mont Blanc 10 times
