Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter – CHAIRMAN of HORASIS: The Global Visions Community
The Geneva entrepreneur Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter is an impressive personality. The Asia connoisseur speaks six foreign languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He is an entrepreneur, visionary and author with a passion. A sought-after interlocutor with business and political leaders, he is a proponent of globalization, which he considers a value per se.
Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter is considered one of the most respected experts and keynote speakers on globalization and Asia as a business location.
As Director of the World Economic Forum WEF until 2004 and later as President of the Zurich-based business network HORASIS, Frank-Jürgen Richter advanced to become a knowledgeable world economic expert. His multi-faceted experience and his multifaceted social commitment make him an outstanding entrepreneur, visionary, book author and lecturer. Horasis organizes annual meetings on China, India, Russia and the Arab countries (www.horasis.org). Participants are decision makers from business and politics.
Dr. Frank-Jürgen Richter Lecture topics
- Globalization, Asia & China, the new Powerhouse
- Nurturing System Change in turbulent Times
- The future of Europe after Brexit
- Emerging Markets – The Future of the BRICS Countries
- Leadership in Uncertain Times
- Business Models of the Future
Richter studied business administration and mechanical engineering in Germany, France and Japan. He has lived, studied and worked in Asia for nearly a decade, managing the operations of European and Chinese companies. As one of the leading analysts of the international business world and emerging economies, he has a great influence on economic decisions through his public speaking. Frank-Jürgen Richter is a dedicated scholar whose focus is on international management and economic development. His profound knowledge of today’s economic context is based on a continuous exchange with top business and political leaders from around the world.
Frank-Jürgen Richter is the Asia expert par excellence, convincing through his detailed knowledge of the emerging markets in China, India as well as Russia and the markets of the Arab region. In the international media he is a much sought-after interview partner on “his” topics and with “Global Future: The Next Challenge for Asian Business” he wrote a highly regarded trend book in 2005.
As a fascinating speaker, Frank-Jürgen Richter inspires his audiences at numerous events and organizations such as the World Economic Forum, the Brookings Institute, Harvard University, the Asia Society, the Japan Society and the Royal Institute of International Affairs.