Shai Agassi
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Shai Agassi (Hebrew: שי אגסי, born April 19, 1968)[4] is an Israeli entrepreneur known for his involvement in the electric vehicle industry. 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, after Agassi spent over $850 million on publicity while deploying fewer than 1000 cars.[5]
Shai Agassi | |
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 Agassi in 2008 | |
| Born | (1968-04-19) April 19, 1968 (age 56) |
| Education | Technion (BA) |
| Occupation | Founder of Better Place |
| Spouse | Tami Chotoveli[2] |
| Children | 5[3] |
Prior to founding Better Place, Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group (PTG) at SAP AG until 2007. In 2003, at the age of 36, Agassi was named one of the top 20 'Global Influentials for 2003' by CNN-Time magazine.[6] In 2008, he was named one of TIME's “Heroes of the Environment".[7] In 2009, Agassi was included in TIME magazine's 100 most influential people list.[8] In 2010, Foreign Policy magazine included Agassi on its annual list of the 100 most influential global thinkers.[9]
Throughout the 1990s, Agassi started and sold a number of technology startups, in the areas of enterprise software, internet technology, multimedia and small business administration. Agassi has a bachelor's degree in computer science and has been awarded a large number of patents in software, automotive and energy infrastructure.