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Meet Gregory Stemm: Co-founder & CEO

A love of the sea and all things nautical led Greg Stemm to join forces with co-founder John Morris to create the world's first public company dedicated specifically to deep ocean shipwreck exploration and archaeology.

Since the acquisition of their first research vessel in 1986, Greg has played an important role in the development of new technologies and standards for deep ocean shipwreck archaeology.

Greg has dedicated his life to creating a sensible approach to sharing the excitement and knowledge that can be gained from shipwreck exploration with the world.

Their first major deep-ocean shipwreck discovery was in 1989, a Colonial Spanish shipwreck discovered at a depth of over 1500 feet.
Dubbed the 'Tortugas shipwreck', the 1622 site was the world's first complete remote robotic archaeological excavation.

Since that time, the team has discovered hundreds of shipwrecks in the deep oceans of the world, documenting the thrill of discovery and drawing attention to the plight of these deep historical sites that are rapidly decomposing and being destroyed by human activities and the force of nature.

In 2003, Odyssey Marine Exploration discovered and excavated over 51,000 coins and 14,000 artifacts from the SS Republic, a Civil War era steamship at a depth of nearly 1700 feet.

In 2007 Odyssey announced the discovery and archaeological recovery of over 500,000 (more than 17 tons) of silver and gold coins from a site in the Atlantic codenamed 'Black Swan', the largest quantity of coins ever recovered from a deep-ocean site.

During the two decades that Greg has been involved in shipwreck exploration projects, he has directed operations which have resulted in the discovery of shipwrecks ranging from ancient Roman and Phoenician sites to German U-boats and pirate ships in the deep oceans of the world.

The author of many papers and articles on deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, Greg has lectured extensively around the world and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs.

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- Want to learn more? Get to know the Managers, Supervisors, and Technicians

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