“The first week my wife and I went to Costa Rica, and the second week to my first TED. I was awed and inspired by what I saw on stage. I sat back and watched 50-odd people, and 1,000 others in the crowd, applying themselves to serve humanity. When I came out of that TED, I knew for sure what I had to do. I wanted to be one of those people.”
Shai Agassi is Founder and CEO of Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place). Previously, Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group (PTG) at SAP AG. He resigned from this position on March 28 effective April 1, 2007, to pursue interests in alternative energy and climate change. In October 2007 he founded a company named Project Better Place, focusing on a green transportation infrastructure based on electric cars as an alternative to the current fossil fuel technology. In 2003, at the age of 36, Agassi was named one of the top 20 ‘Global Influentials for 2003’ on a CNN-Time Magazine joint list.
His talk on Electric cars was very inspiring. I have been listening to lots (and lots) of TED talks lately. I want to attend TED India this year. Sponsors?
