8 Questions to Reto Ringger
I became a Pioneer in Sustainability because of...
...my entrepreneurial passion to bring together financial markets and sustainability.
My biggest success...
...is hopefully still ahead. There is still a lot to do, and more ideas are needed. In private, my biggest success is having a wonderful family.
My biggest failure...
There were many small failures. However, what was most important were not the failures, but the lessons learned from them.
The most important people for my career...
...were many people that most probably are not aware of it. My father, my former boss, some business partners and role models like Michael Dell, Nicholas Hayek or Stephan Schmidheiny.
Ideas, that have a transformative power, are recognized...
...not straight away. One must listen to the gut feeling. These ideas, very often, must be given additional transformative power.
To young people, I recommend...
...to become entrepreneurs and to try something new. The path is surely not easy, but it is very rewarding..
In the next 10 years, new, revolutionary ideas will be needed to...
...tackle the forthcoming great social, ecological and economic challenges.
If I could withdraw from my role as ambassador for sustainability, I would...
...take my family and travel to the wonders of the world...
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