Chris Laszlo is a partner and co-founder of Sustainable Value Partners, Inc., a firm helping companies create value for shareholders and stakeholders. For nearly ten years prior, he was an executive at Lafarge S.A., a world leader in materials, holding positions as head of strategy, general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary, and vice president of business development. Prior to that he was with Deloitte & Touche, where he consulted to global industry leaders such as Dupont, Toshiba, Avon Products and Renault on strategy.
Chris Laszlo received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College. He has a Masters in Economics from Columbia University and he received his Ph.D. with distinction in Economics and Management Science from the University of Paris.
If you look at the pharmaceutical industry and what it takes to come up with a blockbuster drug you know, and the length and the pipeline or you know, the company I worked for Lafarge that ... to put up 250 to 400 million dollar cement plant, you know, your profitability is a very long term thing. Y...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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