Quotes by Shai Agassi

About Shai Agassi:

Shai Agassi is an Israeli entrepreneur. 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, having spent over $850 million while deploying less than 1000 cars.
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Once you have a mission, you can't go back to having a job.

Shai Agassi

I get to shift multiple markets. I get to shift economies. It's extremely liberating. I breathe differently.

Shai Agassi

When you translate a dream into reality, it's never a full implementation. It is easier to dream than to do.

Shai Agassi

When I sold my first company at 30, I could have done whatever I wanted to do.

Shai Agassi

My passions were an intersection between peace in the Middle East and climate change. I know how to understand a technology problem, break it into its components and solve it. I also knew I couldn't make peace solely through technological inventions.

Shai Agassi

You can't have thousands of cars without good computers on the electric grid.

Shai Agassi

Israel is my past. My two boys are my future.

Shai Agassi

I started digging and found that Israel signed a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates after the country had diversified their economy, instead of being solely oil-based. This diversification had brought about modernization. I realized that if y...

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I have a lot of respect for the auto manufacturers. They make a product people live inside - and can die inside - so they are held to very high standards.

Shai Agassi

Author Bio

  • NameShai Agassi
  • DescriptionFounder and CEO of Better Place
  • BornApril 19, 1968
  • CountryIsrael
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur