He sees impact investing not as an intellectual exercise, but as an expression of who he really is. Charly kleissner is an impact investor and philanthropic entrepreneur utilizing his high technology background in his venture philanthropy. Charly kleissner has served as ariba s vice president of engineering since july 1997. Which startup founders and techpeople in silicon valley and. The solution came from halfway around the globe, as former silicon valley software executive charly kleissner helped. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at ariba inc. Kleissner is an impact investor behind such companies as toniic. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at hewlettpackard, next. Kleissner begann kurz darauf als cto bei ariba, einem. View karl charly kleissner s professional profile on relationship science, the database of decision makers. Ariba orms is a robust, scalable and reliable network application that operates primarily within a buying organizations intranet.
Californias silicon valley is rife with people who built fortunes working in technology, and who are leaving their jobs while still relatively young to use their skills to help people in need. The 5th nexus europe summit will convene on april 24 26, 2018 in rotterdam, netherlands. Ariba csn adds localization, transaction capabilities. It is a philosophical problem few of us will face, but one silicon valley tech investor charly kleissner has looked in the eye. In building this programme, we measure wealth, not by the amount of financial assets individuals amass but by the positive impact they create on society through sustainable projects. Two of the startups that charly worked for were successfully sold, and one ariba went public in 1998. Mar 30, 2007 former software executive charly kleissner, 50, left his job at ariba, inc. Charly kleissner cofounder, kl felicitas foundation. Charly kleissner, phdtechnical advisor has over seventeen years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley. Amphlett boulevard, san mateo, california, on monday, february 26, 2001, at 8. Austrianborn kleissner is a computer scientist who worked closely with steve jobs and developed the operating system that forms the foundation for apples ios.
Eventbrite impact entrepreneur, llc presents impact investing for systems change with charly kleissner thursday, january 16, 2020 find event and ticket information. Kleissner was vice president of product development at datamind corporation, a data mining software tools development company. He insists that the best impact investments integrate financial return and socialenvironmental impact. Karl charly kleissner, cofounder at the kl felicitas. Ariba orms is capable of streamlining and automating complex and unusual business processes. Charly kleissner, one of the first engineers hired by software and infotech company ariba, came into a multimillion dollar windfall when he sold his sizable stock options when he left in 2002. Jun 20, 2014 charly kleissner is a former tech entrepreneur and early pioneer of impact investing. Ariba orms also leverages existing investments in financial, human resource and enterprise resource planning systems, which reduces or eliminates the need to manually enter data into these systems. He believes that the fundamental and deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley. Gesprach mit dem investor charly kleissner zum thema social impact investing. How tech millionaires are using impact investing to make.
Kleissner cofounded kl felicitas foundation, socialimpact international, the central european investment ready. Kleissner has held executive and senior engineering management positions at ariba inc. Charly kleissner is a former tech entrepreneur and early pioneer of impact investing. Charly is a philanthropic entrepreneur utilizing his high technology background in his venture philanthropy. Charly kleissner, the multimillionaire who was the chief technology officer of ariba and who worked with steve jobs to develop apples ios, actively engages in impact investment and encourages the. He insists that the best impact investments integrate financial return and social and environmental impact. He believes that the deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet and that the best impact investments integrate positive impact into their business model. Enable data selfsovereignty for billions of people. Interview mit socialimpactinvestor charly kleissner. Jobs tatige tiroler softwareentwickler charly kleissner uber social. He moved from austria to silicon valley in the mid 1980s and worked for hewlett packard, as well as alongside. The global wealth and society programme seeks to identify the important role that the privileged have towards their respective society.
Karl charly kleissner is cofounder at the kl felicitas foundation. He believes that the deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. He believes that the deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet and that the. Lisa kleissner, author of eguide to early stage impact investing, advisor to many hnis, treasurer of tpw west and toniic, cofounder of toniic, kl felicitas,100%impact network and hawaii investment ready program, chair of finance committee of the philanthropy workshop west with offices san francisco, new york and london, etc. A week ago our colleagues at ibm published a blog post about a new stealer named corebot. The post points out that corebot has a modular plugin system, is capable of stealing private information including certificates and has a dga domain generation algorithm implemented. Charly had held senior technology officer roles at startups like next computer and ariba, while lisa, now 64, was an architect who worked early on for apple and later ran a facility project. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley working for companies like next and ariba. Solutions for impact investors rockefeller behavioral. What is the meaning of money if you no longer need to work for it.
Charly kleissner charly kleissner is an impact investor. View the profiles of professionals named kleissner on linkedin. Spater mischte kleissner bei ariba mit, eine art ebay fur unternehmen. Kleissner was vice president of product development at rightpoint. Impact investing for systems change with charly kleissner. Technology millionaires switching to social entrepreneurship. Premium members of impact entrepreneur get complimentary admission to all live and archived webinars in his recent impactassets newsletter, toniic cofounder and impactassets chairman, charly kleissner writes, we are at. Charly kleissner millionare sollten mehr meditieren wiener.
Charly kleissner, 50, an engineer with what he calls a very successful career in silicon valley, has focused on philanthropy for the past. And he argues that modern portfolio theory has to be reconceptualized to seamlessly integrate positive impact. He believes that the fundamental and deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet and that the best impact. Charly kleissner kl felicitas foundationsocialimpact. Charly, getxrener karl kleissner, hat zu diesem zeitpunkt bereits erreicht, was er in leben im mer wollte. Kleissner is also cofounder of the socialimpact initiative. China everbright international, the environmental arm of chinas stateowned china everbright holdings, invests in and operates wastewatertreatment plants in china and is a favorite among some wealthmanagement. He cofounded kl felicitas foundation with his wife lisa, which focuses on enabling social entrepreneurs and enterprises worldwide, and advocating a sustainability, mission, and social investment strategy. Webinar impact investing for systems change with charly. Impact investing, a term invented by jp morgan, describes the latest fashion for socially and environmentally conscious finance. He moved from austria to silicon valley in the mid 1980s and worked for hewlett packard, as well as alongside steve jobs. Imagegallery was an attempt to put many smaller images such as for buttons into one bigger image to avoid many roundtrips for small images. Marauding elephants were a problem in the sri lankan town of endagalayaya. He is currently a partner in the acumen fund, and serves as an advisor and a board member for multiple nonprofit and forprofit startup companies.
In 1999, kleissner was the chief technology officer of the company ariba when it went public. Im jahr 2002 zerstritt er sich mit dem damaligen chef seines arbeitgebers ariba. Als kleissner 2002 als chief technical officer cto bei ariba, einer. Which startup founders and techpeople in silicon valley. He is cofounder of the kl felicitas foundation and the socialimpact initiative, and serves on the advisory board of multiple notforprofit companies like acumen fund, global social benefit incubator, alliance for a new humanity, and global philanthropy forum. Former software executive charly kleissner, 50, left his job at ariba, inc. Nov 06, 2015 charly had arrived on the silicon valley scene in the 80s from his native austria, working alongside steve jobs at next computer and then moving on to software company and dotcom era darling ariba.
Bank austria salon zum thema gewissen kurzfassung youtube. Charly has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley. Charly had arrived on the silicon valley scene in the 80s from his native austria, working alongside steve jobs at next computer and then moving on to software company and dotcom era darling ariba. The 5th nexus europe summit will convene on april 24 26, 2018 in rotterdam, netherlands, with the opportunity to celebrate kings day with your fellow nexus friends on the 27th of april in amsterdam.
Lisa and charly kleissner impact investing sonen capital. Oliver hanisch, cofounder of snipclip malte goesche, cofounder of iliketotallyloveit and director global marketing talenthouse torsten jacobi, founder kinkaa and creative weblogging steli efti, cofounder supercoolschool and swipegood bjoern. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at hewlett packard, next, rightpoint, and ariba. Born in austria, karl charly kleissner earned his m. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at. How tech millionaires are using impact investing to make a difference.
Ethinvest charly kleissner, the multimillionaire who was. Karl charly kleissner, an austrian by birth, found his fortune working in californias silicon valley. Together with his wife lisa he cofounded kl felicitas foundation. You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of ariba, inc. He is cofounder of kl felicitas foundation and socialimpact international, which help social entrepreneurs worldwide to accelerate and increase their social impact. Obwohl charly kleissner ein bewegtes leben hinter sich hat, treffen wir beim. Peter tomsu lion austria area entrepreneur internet education technische universitat wien 1977 1984 phd dr. In 1999, silicon valley power couple charly and lisa kleissner graduated from the tech ipo boom with a pile of cash and the desire to do some good. Ariba orms enables organizations to reduce processing costs and improve productivity by automating the procurement cycle, linking endusers throughout the organization with approvers and financial systems. Charly kleissner is a philanthropic entrepreneur utilizing his high technology background in his venture philanthropy.
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