Rony Abovitz of Magic Leap: Set out to change the world and have fun

By Nancy Dahlberg

Rony Abovitz, CEO of the mysterious Magic Leap startup, returned to his alma mater, the University of Miami, to share some secrets of his entrepreneurial success – and just a very few snippets about the company he is currently building.

“There’s a whole mystery to what Magic Leap does and I hope half the room isn’t here to find that out because I am not really going to unveil it,” he told the group of about 250 gathered at the UM Newman Alumni Center for the College of Engineering’s Entrepreneurship Forum, part of its Engineering Week events. Instead he talked about pivotal moments in his career of starting companies, including a couple that will no doubt become part of Magic Leap lore, and what he has learned about being a leader.