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Überpreneurs This page intentionally left blank ÜBERPRENEURS How to Create Innovative Global Businesses and Transform Human Societies PETER ANDREWS FIONA WOOD © Peter Andrews and Fiona Wood 2014 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin's Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978–1–137–37614–5 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India. Überpreneur Pronunciation: /'ubəprənə/ (also Über- /ybəprənə/) An individual wit h an epic ambition to change the world, who … … sees and seizes opportunities for change … … senses the way forward … … attracts the necessary resources … … and pursues the dream … … regardless of the odds. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Überpreneurs. Overtakers! 1 Part I Big Business 5 2 Sofas, Spirits and Skirts 9 Ingvar Kamprad - IKEA 1 Chuck Feney - Duty Fre Shopers Group 15 Amancio Ortega - Zara 19 3 Building Hope and Pride 28 Mo Ibrahim - Celtel 29 Liu Yonghao - New Hope 35 Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw - Biocon 39 4 Space Invasion 48 Richard Branson - Virgin Group, Virgin Galactic 49 Jef Bezos - Amazon Inc, Blue Origin 56 Elon Musk - Tesla Motors, SpaceX 61 Part II High Technology 75 5 Speed Bytes 79 Bil Gates - Microsoft 80 Lary Page - Gogle 86 Niklas Zenström - Skype 92 6 From Helix to Helico 102 George Rathmann - Amgen 103 Craig Venter - J Craig Venter Institute 109 Barry Marshall - The University of Western Australia 115 viii CONTENTS 7 Coming Clean 126 Olivia Lum - Hyflux 127 Zhengrong Shi - Suntech 131 Shai Agasi - Beter Place 135 Part III Happy People 147 8 Looking Good 151 Luiz Seabra - Natura Cosmetics 153 Martha Tilaar - Martha Tilaar Group 157 9 Feeling Good 166 Jamie Oliver - Jamie Oliver Group 167 Oprah Winfrey - Harpo Productions 171 10 Finding Friends ... 180 Ma "Pony" Huateng - Tencent 181 Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook 185 11 ... And Family 196 Gilad Japhet - MyHeritage 197 Nayana Patel - Akanksha Infertility Clinic 200 Doron Mamet – Tammuz International Surrogacy 204 Part IV Better World 213 12 Money Matters 217 Muhammad Yunus - Grameen Bank 218 Claus-Peter Zeitinger - ProCredit Bank 223 13 AIDS Crusades 232 M echai Viravaidya - Population & Community Development Asociation 234 Mitch Beser - Mothers2Mothers 239 14 Kids' Biz 248 Jeroo Billimoria – Child and Youth Finance International 249 Soraya Salti - Injaz-al-Arab 253 15 Living off the Land 262 Roy Prosterman - Landesa 263 Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi - MIDROC 267 Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi - Karuturi Global 270 Part V The Origin of the Species 281 16 The Nature of Überpreneurs 283 Index 307 PREFACE WE CAME TO THIS PROJECT from different backgrounds and via different paths. Fiona taught public policy and resource management, researched funding mechanisms for science and innovation, and served as a consultant to governments in Europe, Asia and North America. Along the way, she became increasingly interested in the nature of entrepreneurs. Peter's research on drug design led him to found a series of biotechnology companies and research institutes in Australia, and then into the role of Queensland Chief Scientist, where he learnt both the pleasure and the pain of operating at the interface of research, business and government. The meeting of our paths, and the genesis of this book, occurred in Tokyo in 2008, when we were both invited speakers at a symposium organised by Professor Takeda Shuzaburo of the Business University Forum of Japan. The meeting was remarkable in that it brought together the leaders of major foundations, corporations, universities and governments, all intent on seeking innovative ways to tackle the global challenges of climate change, ageing populations, environmental sustainability, and the shift away from manufacturing industries to knowledge and information- based industries as sources of wealth creation. We came away from that meeting with one clear conclusion and several questions.
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