About Us
Founded in 2017 by the Executive Director and Seavangelist of The Seasteading Institute, a Belarusian businessman, a former Polynesian government minister, and a French entrepreneur, Blue Frontiers is a company made up of passionate individuals from Polynesia and Beyond.
Founders
Randy Hencken / San Francisco Bay Area
Director at The Seasteading Institute since 2011; creator and leader of the The Seasteading Institute’s Floating City Project; Real estate investor, business investor, early Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoin adopter, philanthropic trustee.
Joe Quirk / San Francisco Bay Area
President and Seavangelist of The Seasteading Institute; Co-author with Patri Friedman of ‘Seasteading: How Floating Nations Will Restore The Environment, Enrich The Poor, Cure The Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians’.
Marc Collins / Tahiti, French Polynesia
Serial entrepreneur and former politician. Over the past 20 years, Collins founded and incubated more than a dozen companies. He also served as the Minister of Tourism of French Polynesia in 2007-2008.
Nicolas Germineau / France/England
Information Technology and Services, Web Entrepreneur; co-Founder and Owner of 2NAPPS; Former software development and project management for Actio Corporation, Apple, and INFOVIVE; Ambassador for The Seasteading Institute since 2011.
Egor Ryjikov / Republic of Belarus
Co-founder and co-owner of Weber CoMechanics Group, consisting of 16 companies employing more than 600 people in engineering, robotics, manufacturing, and the development and application of new technologies; Inventor, serial entrepreneur and business angel investor, including cryptographic blockchain investments; Ambassador of The Seasteading Institute since 2009.
Core Team
Randy Hencken
Joe Quirk
Marc Collins
Nicolas Germineau
Egor Ryjikov
Benno Gerrit Wissing, Germany
Global Team
Alex Passini, Canada
Anderson Klein, Brazil
Chad Elwartowski, French Polynesia
Chris Canaday, Ecuador
Chris Fisher, Hong Kong
Colton Peppleman, US
Cyprien Noel, France
Daniel Enking, US
Drew Lamb, US
Francis Brunelle, Canada
Francis Lavalliere, Canada
François Briant, French Polynesia
Gabriel Rothblatt, US
Gen Gilliland, US
Giuseppe Carusi, Italy
Igor Gassman, Switzerland
Jackson Sullivan, US
Joe Wagner, US
John Vance, US
Jordan Atwood, US
Josh Lopez, US
Marcus Gilliland, Iraq
Mark Frazier, US
Michael Collins, US
Murray Galbraith, Australia
Pascoe Bowen, US
Pasha Tyzhuk, Ukraine
Paul Gambill, US
Pete Schobel, US
Philippe Lemonnier, French Polynesia
Renan Castro, Australia
Robert Viglione, US
Ron Mitchell, US
Sergey Tiraspolsky, US
Simon Nummy, UAE
Steve Zeiger, Australia
Steven Das, US
Tim Wood, US
Todd Rawlings, US
Yuri Lobyntsev, Russia