Shai Agassi: Revolutionizing the Electric Car in Israel

Through Shai Agassi's innovative "Better Place," Israel will become the first country to mass produce electric cars. Since Israel is bereft of petrol, this is a practical idea to reduce dependency on oil exports from countries that use petrol dollars to promote terror.

Shai Agassi (Hebrew: שי אגסי‎, born 1968) is Founder and CEO of Better Place (formerly known as Project Better Place). Previously, Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group (PTG). He resigned from this position on March 28, 2007, to pursue interests in alternative energy. In October 2007 he founded a company named Project Better Place, focusing on a green transportation infrastructure based on electric cars as an alternative to the current fossil fuel technology.

Agassi began his studies at the Haifa Technion at the age of 15. He graduated from the university with honors and received a Bachelor of Computer Science degree (B.SC). [1]

TIME Magazine and CNN named Shai Agassi the "Most Influential Businessman in the World" in 2003. He was also named in a special issue of TIME entitled, "Heroes of the Environment" in 2008. [2]

[1] Wikipedia
[2] Time Magazine

Also See:
- Web 2.0 Summit 08
- Shai Agassi: Zero-Emissions for Zero-Dollars