Professor Kolind is a world-renowned businessman, entrepreneur, author and philanthropist. He graduated from Aarhus University in 1972 with a degree in Mathematics and Statistics. His career spans 9 years as an international management consultant, four years as a director of the largest research laboratory in Denmark (Risoe National Laboratory), four years as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Radiometer A/S, a leading supplier of high-precision diagnostic instruments, ten years as CEO of Oticon and William Demant Holding A/S and 17 years as Group Chairman of Grundfos and the Poul Due Jensen Foundation. Kolind has been involved in businesses in more than 20 countries. He has started more than 25 businesses in a wide range of industries including pharmaceuticals, software, hardware, consulting, real estate and retail. Kolind has advised some of the world’s largest corporations such as Michelin, Movo Nordisk, LEGO, Coors and GlaxoSmithKline. Kolind is particularly known for the creation of the world’s first truly knowledge-based company Oticon in 1991. Oticon is among the most widely used management education case stories ever. Kolind has written a number of books including UNBOSS (2012) and The Second Cycle (2006), which has been translated into Chinese, Russian, Korean, Thai, Spanish, Swedish and Danish. Kolind has served as chairman of the World Scout Foundation under the patronage of His Majesty the King of Sweden. Kolind currently is a member of the foundation board and also sits on the board of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. In December 2012, Lars Kolind joined DeTao Masters Academy as a DeTao Leadership and Strategy Master.

1993 The IT Prize, Denmark

1996 The Mangement Prize, Denmark

1996 Man of the Year, Denmark

1998 Social Entrepreneur of the Year, Denmark

The Bronze Wolf Award, World Organization of the Scout Movement

The Silver World Award, Boy Scouts of America

The Silver Fox, Scouts Canada

The Baden-Powell World Fellowship, Regal Circle

Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog

2012 UNBOSS, JP Forlag Copenhagen (in Danish and English)

2006 The Second Cycle, Wharton School Publishing (in English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Russian, Swedish and Danish)

2001 The Knowledge Society (in Danish: Vidensamfundet), Gyldendal, Copenhagen.

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