It was formally based in palo alto, california, but the bulk of its planning and operations were steered from israel, where both its founder shai agassi and its chief investors resided. For enid, the birth of her sixth childborn with down syndrome, started her and her family on an incredible journeyto tzfat, israel, and from there to court rooms, hospitals, ultraorthodox yeshivas, and wedding halls, all so she could do right by her child and the other specialneeds children she picked up along the way. Oct 11, 2012 shai agassi, the pioneer of electric vehicles, has severed his connections with better place, the company he founded, casting a pall over the prospects for the green technology. New book tells the fascinating story of shai agassi and better place. Israeli shai agassi, chief technology developer and member of the board of directors of german software giant sap, was named one of the 20 top global influentials for 2003 on a cnntime magazine joint list. He is the founder and former ceo of better place, which. He suggests that other manufacturers take teslas upgrade. Theres one shai agassi who harbors violent visions of defeating microsoft corp. Shai agassi was born in ramatgan, israel on april 19, 1968. Shai agassi is an israeli entrepreneur best known as the founder and ceo of better place, an israelibased company which developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology.
Shai agassi s plan to make buying an electric car easy. Nov 30, 2017 shai agassi at 2012 ribboncutting for his new electric car, the renault fluence ze photowikimediabetter place cc by 2. New book tells the fascinating story of shai agassi. In 2007, shai agassi founded better place with an even more expansive vision for electric cars.
It features shai agassi, founder and ceo of better place, a charismatic, visionary leader who promises a solution to the worlds reliance on oil. The product was designed by gadi shamia and the head developer was hilla mazinter. Media in category shai agassi the following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. You basically paraphrased his opinion about the supply of oil. Shai agassi at 2012 ribboncutting for his new electric car, the.
Mastering sap technologies 2015 melbourne sap blogs. His company, better place, has a radical plan to take entire countries oilfree by 2020. Businesses, nonprofit organizations, event planners and companies across the country have worked closely with our booking agents to hire shai agassi for a speaking engagements, guest appearances, product endorsements and corporate events. Shai agassis audacious plan to put electric cars on the. In its first years, topmanage was sold in the israeli market only, and was the first windowsmac business management product to be offered in the israeli market. Brian blum, book author and business reporter from the.
Better place was a venturebacked international company that developed and sold batterycharging and batteryswitching services for electric cars. The israeli entrepreneur was giving a ted talk back in 2009. Shai agassi claims he has solved the electriccar problem. The epic fail of an israeli electric car startup upcoming. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Agassi graduated 1990 from technion israel institute of technology with a degree in computer science. He was born here to immigrant parentshis dads family fled from iraq. Shai agassi turned up amid a small pantheon of celebrity technologists who seemed to be leading the way to a new electric.
Shai agassi net worth, biography, age, height, dating, wiki. Israeliamerican entrepreneur, shai agassi, founder of better place. Right now, we dont have much information about education life. Thats exactly what two menbetter place ceo, shai agassi and carlos ghosn, ceo of the renault nissan alliancewanted to avoid. Shai agassi at 2012 ribboncutting for his new electric car, the renault fluence ze photowikimediabetter place cc by 2. I fired my dad at a family reunion the technology chronicles. In 1880 there were 12 shai families living in illinois.
I would recommend reading alan greenspans new book the age of turbulence. He is the founder and former ceo of better place, which had developed a model and. Author of new book on better place crash to speak at launch in jerusalem totaled author brian blum will discuss the lessons of shai agassi s disaster with times of. Shai agassi is one of many brilliant businessmen to come from the country that many know as silicon wadi or the startup nation, but according to brian blum, the author of the new book totaled, agassi was, and remains one of the smoothesttalking, charismatic entrepreneurs the hightech world has ever seen. Agassi founded toptier software in 1992, and is the former president of the products and technology group of. Oct 29, 2017 excerpt from the book launch of brian blums totaled in jerusalem, october 19, 2017. Shai agassi, the entrepreneur behind failed ev startup better place, weighed in on teslas unusual business practices over at linkedin.
The company was founded by reuven agassi ceo and gadi shamia vp of sales, marketing and product. He appeared on magazine covers and was invited all over the world to present his vision for the future of electric cars. Shai agassi is an endlessly fascinating, largerthanlife figure, and brian blums totaled ferrets out every colorful detail. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Shai agassi, an israeli inventor and businessman with a really neat plan for making electric cars a viable option. Why better place failed with swappable batteriesand your. Now if he can just get the auto companies, a few national governments and millions of consumers to adopt his scheme. The electric car lovers who kept plugging along after better. Totaled author brian blum will discuss the lessons of shai agassis disaster with times of israel readers on october 19. Agassi has often been compared to his idol steve jobs and to his ev industry colleague elon musk.
May 8, 2014 44th st gallen symposium focused attention this year around the critical issue of the battle of generation the new fault line that is developing between the population entering the work force and those who are about to retire. The californiaborn brian blum moved with his family to israel. Jun 01, 20 better place had a visionary idea, but not the chops to pull it off. Author of over 20 books, editor and coeditor of more than 10 books, author of over 500 contributions to the learned press. Gnrgy buys better place for the price of an apartment in. Essays for joseph agassi on the occasion of his 90th birthday, volume 325 of boston studies in the philosophy and history of science. Ten years ago, better place ceo shai agassi was on list.
I believed this at the time and as i had only been programming for a few years was not even that attached to abap. Shai agassi, the founder of better place, poses next to an electric car in jerusalem, in 2009. Better places visionary ceo shai agassi was fired around this time last year and by may the trouble was clear. Apr 15, 2020 shai agassi, israeli entrepreneur who, after founding a number of technology companies, became known for better place, which sought to establish an infrastructure for electric automobiles. In a sense, shai agassi was elon musk before elon musk. Shai agassi, founder and chief executive officer of better place, describes his companys batterycharging service, which enables greater use of electric cars as an alternative to fossilfueled vehicles. Shai agassis bold plan for electric cars internet archive. From andre agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men. A new ecosystem for electric cars forget about the hybrid auto shai agassi says its electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions.
He had just launched a startup called better place. Agassi the stone age did not end because we ran out of stones the oil age will not end because we run out of oil 5493545963. Reuven worked for tadiran and relocated his family to argentina, where he sold the companys communications equipment in south. At upcoming oakland book talk, the epic fail of an israeli electric car startup. Shai agassi, israeli entrepreneur who, after founding a number of technology companies, became known for better place, which sought to establish an infrastructure for electric automobiles. Ten years ago, better place ceo shai agassi was on list after list of the worlds most innovative young entrepreneurs. The most shai families were found in the usa in 1880. Join facebook to connect with shai agassi and others you may know.
Shai agassi, founder of better place, is replaced as ceo. To recap, shai agassi was a successful software entrepreneur who wanted to better the planet and came to the conclusion that electric vehicles were the answer to a lot of problems and that battery. This video of shai agassi, founder and ceo of better place, is about 18 minutes long but is well worth watching the video explains how better place came to be, the plan for the cars, and the economics behind the better place plan versus oil over the next ten years. Msft were both going in with swords drawn, and were going to do battle until we. Savings will lure americans to electric cars the company better place is developing recharging stations for electric cars in israel, denmark and australia. Shai agassi was all over the news for sometime, appearing on ted talks, being featured in the new york times, on the cover of wired magazine in 2008, and even had a spot on the colbert report. Oct 20, 2017 the rise and fall of shai agassis electric car startup. Israeli defense force intelligence entrepreneur and electric car advocate. Totaled and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
In 2008, i participated in the roi summit in jerusalem, by the roi community. Shai agassi1968 chief technology developer, sap nationality. The cast of yael shai and half menashe 1990 includes. Better place, founded in 2007 by the exuberantly confident entrepreneur shai agassi, was trumpeted as the king of israeli startups, a company that. Oct 24, 2010 shai agassi speaks about converting entire countries to electric transportation. Agassi spoke at davos, ted and was a guest on late night tv shows. Ross lynch fires pucks all over the place as he teaches jay how to be a hockey goalie in the special skills season finale. News on climate in the time of coronavirus subscribe today. How will you leave the world a better place than you found it.
Wikipedia in a surprise move, better place has ousted chief executive shai agassi, the charismatic founder of the electric car infrastructure company that has raised. Ceo shai agassi hired noted designer and fellow israeli gadi amit to style them. Our team currently working, we will update family, sibling, spouse and childrens information. May 29, 2015 you may recall that in 2001 shai agassi was more or less in charge of sap and wanted to kill off the abap language and replace it with java. Israeli electric car companys chief steps down the new. It was formally based in palo alto, california, but the bulk of its planning and operations were steered from israel, where both its founder shai agassi and its chief investors resided the company opened its first functional.
Shai agassi has not shared about shai agassis parents name. Shai agassis quest to build a dominant auto company. Shai agassi, sap ags head of product development and the german software giants point person in silicon valley, stopped by the chronicle offices today for a. Shai agassi, the israeliamerican founder of better place, which is bringing electric car charging stations to israel, was ousted as the companys ceo. Illinois had the highest population of shai families in 1880. Shai agassi, better place founder and chief executive, walks in front of an electric car during the inauguration of a new vehicle demonstration center in the israeli city of tel aviv february 7, 2010.
Shai agassi speaking about the hedgehog concept at wework. The more you talk to shai agassi, the more the steve jobs comparison. Agassi wanted to sell modest family cars that would be inexpensive for. Totaled tells an amazing true story that reads like fiction. Shai agassi is a founder and ceo for the project better place with two videos in the cspan video library. Shai agassi wants to put you behind the wheel of an electric car but he doesnt want you to sacrifice convenience or cash to do it. Author interviewed by business journalist matthew kalman. Better place, with renault, planned to create quick swap battery stations throughout the country to reduce range anxiety. The shai family name was found in the usa, and canada between 1880 and 1920. Sep 04, 2017 the electric car lovers who kept plugging along after better place died one of israels biggest startup flops left behind a community of people who refused to end their flirtation with gasfree. For the cost of a weeks worth of gas, we could build the electrical infrastructure to jumpstart a real alternative transportation system. What the world needs is systems trained to work with the people.
Son of reuven agassi retired israeli defense force colonel and telecom executive. A new book about the failure of better place provides some interesting. Author of new book on better place crash to speak at. Nov 19, 2018 in 2012, he and his family became enamored with an israeli electric car startup called better place. Author of new book on better place crash to speak at launch. Shai agassi, founder of the nowdefunct better place electriccar service in israel, hasnt been in the public eye much of late. Joe pugliese shai agassi looks up and down the massive. Investopedia is part of the dotdash publishing family. Oct 16, 2017 author of new book on better place crash to speak at launch in jerusalem totaled author brian blum will discuss the lessons of shai agassis disaster with times of israel readers on october 19. The billiondollar crash of the startup that took on big. The billiondollar crash of the startup that took on. Israeli business giant shai agassi named one of top global. His charisma and convincing rhetoric are initially very effective at attracting investor and policy maker support for his idea of a network of electric cars with rechargeable, swappable batteries.
He is the founder and former ceo of better place, welke had developed a model and infrastructure for employng electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology. Forget about the hybrid auto shai agassi says its electric cars or bust if we want to impact emissions. Shai agassi quits board of better place environment the. In the summit, shai agassi spoke to us about the hedgehog concept by jim collins. 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. Totaled is the long, sad story of better place and its. Israeli american entrepreneur, shai agassi, founder of better place. This was about 46% of all the recorded shai s in the usa. Author of new book on better place crash to speak at launch in. When shai agassi was challenged for an answer, he responded with swift action. Oct 03, 2012 better place, an electric vehicle infrastructure company, said on tuesday that it had replaced shai agassi, its charismatic chief executive and founder, with evan thornley, the companys top. Personal experiences with the name shai nicknames for shai meanings and history of the name shai. It seems quite a few people do, especially in israel. Shai agassi has a record of accomplishing huge tasks in record time from completing his college degree by 18 to founding several successful software companies before 30.
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