Shai Agassi
Shai Agassi
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. The company went bankrupt in 2013, having spent over $850 million while deploying less than 1000 cars...
NationalityIsraeli
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 April 1968
CountryIsrael
anywhere forcing instead
Instead of forcing you into SAP, we let you use it anywhere you go, your way.
business instead money spending technical
Instead of spending money on technical integration, you'll spend money on business innovation.
electric-vehicles government people
The one factor that you can't find on a spreadsheet is the willingness of the people in government to lead change, And in Denmark every single one of them is engaged and willing to do whatever it takes to get Denmark to be a leader in electric vehicles.
people high-standards dies
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.
dream reality easier
When you translate a dream into reality, it's never a full implementation. It is easier to dream than to do.
breathe economy multiple
I get to shift multiple markets. I get to shift economies. It's extremely liberating. I breathe differently.
boys past two
Israel is my past. My two boys are my future.
people fear-of-failure sometimes
Sometimes people have to remind you to aim high. Most of us are afraid of aiming high for fear of failure and our biggest failure is that we aim too low.
country israel land
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.
jobs missions
Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.
car computer grids
You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid.