Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967) is a German entrepreneur, economic advisor, and commentator. He is best known as the chairman of Horasis and founder of the

Horasis Global Meeting Horasis is an independent, international think tank, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2005, by Frank-Jürgen Richter, former director of the World Economic Forum, Horasis is committed to fostering innovation and promoting the sus ...

, as well as a former director of the

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Early life

After graduating with a degree in

industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...

from the

University of Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; ) is both a German public university, public research university in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, and a research center of the Helmholtz Association. KIT was created in 2009 when the University of Ka ...

(now part of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and academic stays in France and Mexico, Richter pursued his PhD-studies at the

University of Tsukuba is a List of national universities in Japan, national research university located in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Ibaraki, Japan. The university has 28 college clusters and schools with around 16,500 students (as of 2014). The main Tsukuba ca ...

and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Stuttgart. From 1996 until 2000, he lived and worked in Asia where he developed and managed a European Multinationals' Asian operations, and then became a Director of the

from 2001 to 2004. Following the incorporation of Horasis in 2005 he has been a frequent international traveler, researcher and commentator as well as leading the annual Business Meetings.

Career

In 2005, Richter founded Horasis, an independent think tank for global business topics. Richter works with businesspeople, politicians and intellectuals. He advises governments and private sector organizations on issues such as globalization, trade, and sustainable development. Richter is a Member of the Advisory Board on impact leadership of

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and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.

Publications

Richter is a frequent public speaker. He has authored and edited 37 books and numerous articles on global strategy and Asian business, covering topics such as the Asian business environment and how Asian firms bounced back from the 1998 Asian crisis. His writings have appeared in the financial and regional press such as

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. He has addressed audiences at the

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Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

, Beijing University, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow,

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, and at several corporate events. He has been interviewed by several publications, and appeared on

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, CCTV (

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) as well as The Voice of America ( VOA).

Awards

In 2016, Richter received the Harish Mahindra Memorial Global Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Global Economy from Priyadarshini Academy.

Bibliography

* The Dynamics of Japanese Organizations, Routledge, 1996, * The East Asian Development Model: Economic Growth, Institutional Failure and the Aftermath of the Crisis, Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, * Redesigning Asian Business: In the Aftermath of Crisis, Quorum Books, 2001, * Recreating Asia: Visions for a New Century (with Pamela C. M. Mar), John Wiley & Sons, 2002, * India Rising: Emergence of a New World Power (with Colette Mathur), Marshall Cavendish Business, 2005, * Global Future: The Next Challenge for Asian Business (with ArnoudDeMeyer, Peter Williamson, Pamela C. M. Mar), John Wiley & Sons, 2005, * Six Billion Minds: Managing Outsourcing in the Global Knowledge Economy (with Mark Minevich), Aspatore Books, 2006,

References

External links

Personal biography on the Horasis site
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Frank-Jürgen Richter, Chairman, Horasis, receiving the Harish Mahindra Memorial Global Award
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richter, Frank-Jurgen 1967 births Living people Businesspeople from Karlsruhe German economists University of Stuttgart alumni People in international development Development specialists Writers about globalization German philanthropists