Daniel Borel
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Daniel Borel (born 14 February 1950[1]) is a Swiss[2] businessman and co-founder of technology firm Logitech.
Education
In 1973, Daniel Borel earned an engineering degree in Physics from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland, and in 1977 received a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.[1][3] He returned to Switzerland the same year.[4]
Business
Borel co-founded Logitech at his father-in-law's farm in 1981 with Pierluigi Zappacosta and Giacomo Marini.[5] He served as Logitech's Chairman 1982 to 2008, and served as the company's CEO from 1982 to 1988,[2][3] and again from 1992 to 1998.[2] In 1988, he took the Logitech Group public on the Swiss stock market,[5][6] and on the Nasdaq in 1997.[3] He is currently serving as Chairman Emeritus on Logitech's board of directors.[2][7][8]
Other endeavours
Borel was a member of the Nestlé Board of Directors from 2004 to 2016.[2][9] He also serves on the board of Defitech,[2] founded by him and his wife in 2001,[7] a foundation that brings IT technology to disabled people. In addition, he founded[10] and is chairman of swissUP,[2] a foundation dedicated to promoting education in Switzerland.
In September 2010, Borel, a supporter of the collaboration of Logitech and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, opened the Daniel Borel Innovation Center on the campus of the university's "Quartier de l'Innovation".[11]
In 2019, Borel participated in a fundraising campaign for Unibuddy,[12][13] a London-based peer-to-peer EdTech platform founded in 2016 by Kimeshan Naidoo[14] and Diego Fanara. Unibuddy raised a total of $5 million in its Series A investment round.[15][16] Since then, Borel has continued to invest in further Unibuddy funding rounds and the company has raised $32 million to date including a $20 million Series B round in 2021.[17]
Private life
Borel is married, has three children and seven grandchildren.[18]
Awards
- 1992: Honorary doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
- 1988: Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year (Branco Weiss award)[2]
- 2008: World Entrepreneurship Forum's Entrepreneur For The World 2008 Award[19]
- 2020: Ernst & Young Master Entrepreneur Of The Year 2020 Switzerland[7][20]
Publications
- Interview: We've crossed an inflection point – the world will never be the same again. – EY Switzerland – December 17, 2020[7]
- Interview: Physicists in Industry: Daniel Borel, Co-Founder of Logitech International S.A. – Swiss Physical Society – May 2021[4]
- Podcast: How Logitech Defied Expectations – Swisspreneur EP #197 – October 28, 2021[21]
References
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