Haydn Sonnad is an American Entrepreneur based in Calabasas, California. He is the Founder and CEO of Tesloop.

When Haydn was 16-years-old, he wanted a Tesla as his first car but was unable to afford it.

He figured in order to afford a Tesla, he could lease it and cover the expenses by driving people from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

He pitched the idea to his father, Rahul Sonnad, he would help Haydn secure his first loan and become co-founder of their company, Tesloop.

Today, Tesloop offers rides in Palm Springs, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County. He plans on launching new routes: Silicon Valley to Napa this month, LA to Santa Barbara in November, with London, Texas, and Florida early next year.

Tesloop raised seven figures in it’s seed round from Santa Monica-based Clearstone Ventures and San Francisco-based Inspiration Ventures.

It has also raised “substantial amounts” from Las Vegas-based Trust Ventures.

Haydn graduated high school in June 2017.

In October of 2017, Haydn was one of four finalists for Forbes’ $500,000 Global Change the World competition.