Posted on December 6th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Jeff Nolan posted on the ousting of Tesla’s co-founder Eberhard. The San Jose Mercury broke the news. Here is the Tesla Motors press release, and the rumors on the Tesla Motors Club forum. In a previous post I mentioned that Elon Musk is the main investor and chairman of Tesla Motors. I want one, these [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, Leadership, South Africa, Technology
Even though Lyndon Rive is the architect and builder of a successful IT company and now serves as CEO of a growing solar power operation, the most interesting thing about this 30-year-old South African may be that he plays mid-mid position on the (and I’m not making this up) U.S. Men’s Underwater Hockey Team. The [...]
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Business, Entrepreneurship, Green Energy, South Africa
I’m finally getting round to blogging about successful South African businesspeople. At 36 and with a net worth of over $300 million, Elon Musk is one of America’s richest people under the age of 40. After two extremely successful ventures in the dot-com world, he is now focusing on space exploration and earth-friendly technology. Musk [...]
Posted on April 29th, 2007 by Carel
Filed under Blogging, Green Energy, Leadership, SAP
Shai Agassi recently left SAP AG to pursue other interests including alternative energy. Here is the press release. He is still a technology consultant to SAP with an office in Palo Alto. His post-SAP blog is called the Long Tailpipe. You can also find a great podcast here that he recently delivered at Stanford. What [...]
