Alan Eustace

Robert Alan Eustace is an American computer scientist who served as senior vice president of engineering and first senior vice president for knowledge at Google until retiring in 2015. On October 24, 2014, he made a free-fall space dive from the stratosphere, breaking Felix Baumgartner's world record. The jump was from 135,890 feet (41.42 km), an altitude record that stands as of 2026. His freefall lasted 4 minutes 27 seconds, with a further 10 minutes under parachute. He won the Laureus World Action Sportsperson of the Year in 2015.