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Shai Agassi [1968-0] Israeli
Rank: 106
Businessman, Entrepreneur


Shai Agassi is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Better Place, which had developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology. 

Computers, Peace, Respect



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When you translate a dream into reality, it's never a full implementation. It is easier to dream than to do.
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I started digging and found that Israel signed a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates after the country had diversified their economy, instead of being solely oil-based. This diversification had brought about modernization. I realized that if you land the price of oil, countries will diversify their economies and as a result, modernize. Peace
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I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards. Respect
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Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.
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I get to shift multiple markets. I get to shift economies. It's extremely liberating. I breathe differently.
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You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid. Computers
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My passions were an intersection between peace in the Middle East and climate change. I know how to understand a technology problem, break it into its components and solve it. I also knew I couldn't make peace solely through technological inventions.
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Israel is my past. My two boys are my future.
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When I sold my first company at 30, I could have done whatever I wanted to do.
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