Gunter Pauli

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gunter Pauli
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Mar 3, 1956(1956-03-03)
Age	68
Birthplace	Antwerp
Country	Belgium
Birth City	Flemish Region
Horoscope	Pisces

Gunter Pauli Biography

Gunter Pauli is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on March 3, 1956 in Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium. Gunter Pauli was born in the year 1956. He graduated from economics from Loyola College in Antwerp (1979). He earned the MBA at INSEAD (1982) located in Fontainebleau, France. He also holds an honorary master’s degree in design systems from the Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and an honorary doctorate in economics at the University of Pecs (Hungary). Pauli has been recognized as an outstanding AIESEC alumni. Pauli has been on four continents and can speak seven languages fluently. Pauli is a resident of Japan since 1994, and has spent a lot of time coordinating and implementing projects across the globe. The couple is Katherina Bach, and has five children (Carl-Olaf Laurenz- Frederik, Philipp-Emmanuel Louis-Hadrien, Francesco-Aurelio, and Philipp- Emmanuel) and an adopted daughter (Chido).

In 1991, Gunter Pauli became the founding member of the “Mozarteum Belgicum”, founder (1988) and president of Worldwatch Europe (until 1992).

In 1994 Pauli founded the Zero Emissions Research Initiative (ZERI). ZERI started in Tokyo with the support of the Japanese government and United Nations University (UNU) and targeted redesigning production and consumption into clusters of industries inspired by natural systems. Today ZERI is a network of 2,800 scientists, professors, and intellectuals continuously rethinking innovations to make business and operational processes as durable as possible.

In 2009 he wrote the book The Blue Economy, which was originally a report to the Club of Rome. He wrote it with the twin aims of stimulating entrepreneurship and establishing higher standards for sustainability. It includes principles that support the blue economy concept and also one hundred business cases that follow the principles. The goals set for the blue economy as a business model are high: to create 100 million jobs and substantial capital value through 100 innovations in the 2010-2020 decade. The Blue Economy 2.0 was released in 2014 and The Blue Economy 3.0 in 2017, showing what had been achieved worldwide.

In 1989, he was sworn in as an independent candidate for the European Parliament, but never did he get the post.

Gunter Pauli Net Worth

Gunter Pauli is one of the richest Economist from Belgium. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gunter Pauli 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gunter Pauli (born 1956 in Antwerp) is an entrepreneur, author and editor of The Blue Economy. He’s been dubbed “The Steve Jobs of sustainability”.

The first book he wrote was the biography about the Dr. Aurelio Peccei, founder of the Club of Rome, whom was his assistant from 1979 to 1984. Since then, he’s published more than 20 books published in 43 languages and has written 285 fables for children among which 180 were printed in China. According to some estimates, 90 % of the books he wrote were sold worldwide.

He built the first ecological factory in the world as 50% shareholder, Chairman and CEO of Ecover. It was completed in 1992, under his leadership, and has received worldwide acclaim as an ecological building.

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Who is Gunter Pauli Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gunter Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Belgium. Gunter Pauli celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.

Top Facts about Gunter Pauli

1. Gunter Pauli was born in 1956 in Antwerp (Belgium).
2. He is fluent in 7 languages and has lived on 4 continents.
3. Gunter Pauli holds a degree in economics from University of Antwerp and an MBA from INSEAD.
4. He is a member of The Club of Rome and served three years since 2017 as an elected member of the Executive Committee.
5. Gunter Pauli authored The Blue Economy and a biography of Aurelio Peccei, founder of the Club of Rome.
6. He was elected as an independent substitute to the European Parliament in 1989, but never took up the seat.
7. He has served as an advisor for governments in Spain, Argentina and Italy.
8. He was the former Chairman of Ecover, an ecological detergent company.
9. He introduced “The Blue Economy” philosophy in 1994 when asked by the United Nations to reflect on the business models of the future.
10. In 2020 he made the headlines in the Italian press for controversial statements on the coronavirus.
11. In 1994 Pauli founded the Zero Emissions Research Initiative (ZERI).
12. An agreement was signed between ZERI Foundation and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Quimper in 2016 to develop the concept of blue economy.
13. The CCI planned to pay €500,000 to the foundation for the identification and development of projects and job creation on the territory.
14. The CCI announced the end of the agreement with the Foundation in July

2018. 15. Gunter Pauli is nicknamed the “Steve Jobs of sustainable development”, or even the “Che Guevara of biodiversity”, or “the apostle of sustainable growth”.