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Trevor Milton
Trevor Robert Milton (born April 6, 1982) is an American entrepreneur who is the founder, former executive chairman and CEO of Nikola Corporation. He the current CEO of SyberJet Aircraft, a Utah-based aviation company.
In 2020, Milton resigned as executive chairman of Nikola following regulatory inquiries. In 2022, he was found guilty of securities and wire fraud. He was sentenced to four years in prison, a US$1 million fine and $168 million in restitution. He remained free on bail while appealing his sentence.
A month before the 2024 presidential election, Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In March 2025, he was given a full pardon by President Donald Trump. As a result of the pardon, Milton will not need to compensate Nikola shareholders, who lost tens of millions of dollars.
In September 2025 the SEC dropped civil enforcement cases against several convicts, including Trevor Milton. Milton will not have to pay any civil penalties or face job restrictions, allowing him to work in security-related positions.
In 2025, he became CEO of SyberJet Aircraft, a Utah-based aviation company developing the SJ30 and SJ36 business jets.
Milton was born in Layton, Utah, to William L. Milton, a manager at Union Pacific Railroad, and Sallie Gwyn Hunt Milton, a realtor. He has one brother named Travis Milton and three sisters. His family moved to Las Vegas when Milton was a toddler and later relocated to Kanab, Utah, when he was eight. When he was 15, his mother died from cancer.
Milton is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). After graduating high school, he went on an LDS mission to Brazil, where he learned to speak Portuguese. He returned early after 18 months due to health issues. He later enrolled at Utah Valley University but dropped out after one semester and then moved to the city of St. George.
After leaving college, Milton started an alarm sales company called St. George Security and Alarm. He eventually exited the business and founded an alternative energy vehicle company called dHybrid, Inc. which retrofitted commercial trucks with engines that could run on natural gas instead of diesel. Disputes with investors eventually led to the dissolution of dHybrid, after which Milton launched dHybrid Systems in 2012. This company focused on natural gas storage systems for heavy-duty trucks and was later acquired by Worthington Industries.
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Trevor Milton
Trevor Robert Milton (born April 6, 1982) is an American entrepreneur who is the founder, former executive chairman and CEO of Nikola Corporation. He the current CEO of SyberJet Aircraft, a Utah-based aviation company.
In 2020, Milton resigned as executive chairman of Nikola following regulatory inquiries. In 2022, he was found guilty of securities and wire fraud. He was sentenced to four years in prison, a US$1 million fine and $168 million in restitution. He remained free on bail while appealing his sentence.
A month before the 2024 presidential election, Milton and his wife donated more than $1.8 million to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. In March 2025, he was given a full pardon by President Donald Trump. As a result of the pardon, Milton will not need to compensate Nikola shareholders, who lost tens of millions of dollars.
In September 2025 the SEC dropped civil enforcement cases against several convicts, including Trevor Milton. Milton will not have to pay any civil penalties or face job restrictions, allowing him to work in security-related positions.
In 2025, he became CEO of SyberJet Aircraft, a Utah-based aviation company developing the SJ30 and SJ36 business jets.
Milton was born in Layton, Utah, to William L. Milton, a manager at Union Pacific Railroad, and Sallie Gwyn Hunt Milton, a realtor. He has one brother named Travis Milton and three sisters. His family moved to Las Vegas when Milton was a toddler and later relocated to Kanab, Utah, when he was eight. When he was 15, his mother died from cancer.
Milton is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). After graduating high school, he went on an LDS mission to Brazil, where he learned to speak Portuguese. He returned early after 18 months due to health issues. He later enrolled at Utah Valley University but dropped out after one semester and then moved to the city of St. George.
After leaving college, Milton started an alarm sales company called St. George Security and Alarm. He eventually exited the business and founded an alternative energy vehicle company called dHybrid, Inc. which retrofitted commercial trucks with engines that could run on natural gas instead of diesel. Disputes with investors eventually led to the dissolution of dHybrid, after which Milton launched dHybrid Systems in 2012. This company focused on natural gas storage systems for heavy-duty trucks and was later acquired by Worthington Industries.