Shai Agassi
CEO and Founder, Project Better Place
Shai Agassi was born in 1968, and he graduated with honors from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, where he received a Bachelor’s degree in computer science. In October 2007 he founded Project Better Place, where he is the CEO. The company is focusing on a green transportation infrastructure based on electric cars as an alternative to the current (rapidly depleting) fossil fuel technology. As outlined in the company’s vision: “We see an oil-free future and a healthier, safer planet”.
