Societal Impact through Entrepreneurship

A Lunchtime Discussion with Greg Olsen

Location: Butler College, Wu Special Dining Room
Date: Thursday, October 15
Time: 12:30 p.m.

Entrepreneurship increasingly has become a vehicle by which technology has been able to make a meaningful impact on society. At Princeton, where students develop an ability to think critically, they identify unmet needs along with the desire to develop solutions, products, and approaches to fill those needs. This is the essence of entrepreneurship. Come to the Wu Special Dining Room and listen to Greg Olsen share his thoughts on entrepreneurship. This event is limited to Princeton University students.

About Greg Olseng-olsen.jpg

After an illustrious career as a research scientist and entrepreneur, Greg Olsen is now president of GHO Ventures in Princeton, NJ where he manages his “angel” investments, South African winery, Montana ranch, and performs numerous speaking engagements to encourage children - especially minorities and females - to consider careers in science and engineering. He is active in the New Jersey Technology Counsel, NJTC Venture Fund, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the NJ Commission on Science and Technology. Greg was the third private citizen to orbit the earth on the International Space Station.

Greg received a BS Physics, a BSEE and MS Physics from Fairleigh Dickinson University, then was awarded a Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia. He performed post-doctoral studies at the University of Port Elizabeth (South Africa), taught elementary physics classes, and then worked as a research scientist at RCA Labs from 1972 to 1983. He was awarded 12 patents, wrote more than 100 technical papers, co-authored several book chapters and has given numerous invited lectures to both technical and trade journal audiences. Greg is an IEEE LEOS Fellow and the first recipient of the prestigious IEEE Aron Kressel Award.