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Shai Agassi

Shai Agassi is a chief executive of Project Better Place company. Till 2007 held the president's post on technologies in SAP AG corporation. Agassi is included in the list of 100 most influential people of the world according to the Time magazine for May 11, 2009.

Biography, career

Was born in a sema of the Iraqi and Moroccan in Israel. Was trained in the Israel Institute of Technology in the city of Haifa. Graduated from the institute with honors in 15 years and received the bachelor's degree in the field of high technologies. To Project Better Place Shai Agassi went long 15 years. His first company was called TopTier Software and was engaged in software development. Agassi based it in Israel in 1992, and transferred the headquarters to Silicon Valley later. By 2001 TopTier turned into the large developer of corporate portals then it was purchased by SAP AG. In SAP AG of Agassi served to a chair of the president of group of products and technologies. In the 2007th he even was one of the most probable applicants for a position of the CEO: rumors went that the chief executive Hennig Kagermann can leave the post. But the Board of Directors prolonged Kagermann's powers, and at the end of March, 2007 Agassi decided to leave for the sake of own case and in October announced creation of Project Better Place. His company is engaged in implementation of technology innovations in the field of hybrid motors and a car on electric motors. The last know-how of Project Better Place — removable batteries in electric vehicles. According to Agassi such batteries - a srezny step on the way of transition to eco-friendly engines and transport friendly to the environment.

Interesting Facts

  • The former president of SAP Shai Agassi considers open code systems a progress brake. "Socialism in intellectual property - the worst of what can happen", - he said at a meeting of Churchill Club in Silicon Valley.