He held executive and senior engineering management positions at hewlettpackard, next. Gesprach mit dem investor charly kleissner zum thema social impact investing. 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. Interview mit socialimpactinvestor charly kleissner. Charly kleissner is a former tech entrepreneur and early pioneer of impact investing. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley working for companies like next and ariba. Lisa and charly kleissner impact investing sonen capital. Charly kleissner has served as ariba s vice president of engineering since july 1997. You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of stockholders of ariba, inc. Ethinvest charly kleissner, the multimillionaire who was. He moved from austria to silicon valley in the mid 1980s and worked for hewlett packard, as well as alongside. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at hewlett packard, next, rightpoint, and ariba. Kleissner begann kurz darauf als cto bei ariba, einem. Charly kleissner, 50, an engineer with what he calls a very successful career in silicon valley, has focused on philanthropy for the past.
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. What is the meaning of money if you no longer need to work for it. Eventbrite impact entrepreneur, llc presents impact investing for systems change with charly kleissner thursday, january 16, 2020 find event and ticket information. Solutions for impact investors rockefeller behavioral. He believes that the deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet and that the.
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. Karl charly kleissner, an austrian by birth, found his fortune working in californias silicon valley. Mar 28, 2007 marauding elephants were a problem in the sri lankan town of endagalayaya. Born in austria, karl charly kleissner earned his m. 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. Enable data selfsovereignty for billions of people. He sees impact investing not as an intellectual exercise, but as an expression of who he really is. The global wealth and society programme seeks to identify the important role that the privileged have towards their respective society. Kleissner was vice president of product development at datamind corporation, a data mining software tools development company. How tech millionaires are using impact investing to make a difference. 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. Jun 20, 2014 charly kleissner is a former tech entrepreneur and early pioneer of impact investing.
He insists that the best impact investments integrate financial return and socialenvironmental impact. Als kleissner 2002 als chief technical officer cto bei ariba, einer. 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. Technology millionaires switching to social entrepreneurship. Which startup founders and techpeople in silicon valley. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at ariba inc. 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. Charly kleissner is a philanthropic entrepreneur utilizing his high technology background in his venture philanthropy. Kleissner has held executive and senior engineering management positions at ariba inc. Charly, getxrener karl kleissner, hat zu diesem zeitpunkt bereits erreicht, was er in leben im mer wollte.
Ariba csn adds localization, transaction capabilities. Kleissner is an impact investor behind such companies as toniic. He believes that the fundamental and deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet. Kleissner is also cofounder of the socialimpact initiative. Austrianborn kleissner is a computer scientist who worked closely with steve jobs and developed the operating system that forms the foundation for apples ios.
Spater mischte kleissner bei ariba mit, eine art ebay fur unternehmen. Mar 30, 2007 former software executive charly kleissner, 50, left his job at ariba, inc. Charly kleissner, phdtechnical advisor has over seventeen years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley. 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.
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 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. 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. Former software executive charly kleissner, 50, left his job at ariba, inc. Ariba orms is a robust, scalable and reliable network application that operates primarily within a buying organizations intranet. Charly kleissner cofounder, kl felicitas foundation. 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. 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. Which startup founders and techpeople in silicon valley and. A week ago our colleagues at ibm published a blog post about a new stealer named corebot. Webinar impact investing for systems change with charly. Kleissner cofounded kl felicitas foundation, socialimpact international, the central european investment ready. Together with his wife lisa he cofounded kl felicitas foundation. He held executive and senior engineering management positions at.
Imagegallery was an attempt to put many smaller images such as for buttons into one bigger image to avoid many roundtrips for small images. 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. He is cofounder of kl felicitas foundation and socialimpact international, which help social entrepreneurs worldwide to accelerate and increase their social impact. 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. Charly has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley. Charly kleissner millionare sollten mehr meditieren wiener. Bank austria salon zum thema gewissen kurzfassung youtube. The silicon valley multimillionaire who puts his money. He believes that the deeper meaning of wealth is to make a positive contribution to humanity and the planet.
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 charly kleissner is an impact investor. He moved from austria to silicon valley in the mid 1980s and worked for hewlett packard, as well as alongside steve jobs. Charly kleissner is an impact investor and philanthropic entrepreneur utilizing his high technology background in his venture philanthropy.
Karl charly kleissner is cofounder at the kl felicitas foundation. In 1999, kleissner was the chief technology officer of the company ariba when it went public. Impact investing, a term invented by jp morgan, describes the latest fashion for socially and environmentally conscious finance. The 5th nexus europe summit will convene on april 24 26, 2018 in rotterdam, netherlands. And he argues that modern portfolio theory has to be reconceptualized to seamlessly integrate positive impact. Two of the startups that charly worked for were successfully sold, and one ariba went public in 1998. Obwohl charly kleissner ein bewegtes leben hinter sich hat, treffen wir beim. Meet the silicon valley alumni trying to change the. Karl charly kleissner, cofounder at the kl felicitas. Ariba orms is capable of streamlining and automating complex and unusual business processes. How tech millionaires are using impact investing to make. Peter tomsu lion austria area entrepreneur internet education technische universitat wien 1977 1984 phd dr. Amphlett boulevard, san mateo, california, on monday, february 26, 2001, at 8. Kleissner has over twenty years of experience as a senior technology executive in silicon valley.
Marauding elephants were a problem in the sri lankan town of endagalayaya. Jobs tatige tiroler softwareentwickler charly kleissner uber social. Charly kleissner kl felicitas foundationsocialimpact. He insists that the best impact investments integrate financial return and social and environmental impact. 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. 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. 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 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. View the profiles of professionals named kleissner on linkedin. 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. View karl charly kleissner s professional profile on relationship science, the database of decision makers. Impact investing for systems change with charly kleissner. Im jahr 2002 zerstritt er sich mit dem damaligen chef seines arbeitgebers ariba. Kleissner was vice president of product development at rightpoint.