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...Klaus Kleinfeld had a solution to one of the world's pressing problems. For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in a rural environment. This massive urbanization is taxing public infrastructure, such as roads, railways, health-care systems, power networks and water resources. In the old industrial countries, infrastructure is aging. In the developing world, the infrastructure needed to sustain a modern economy often doesn't exist. A study by Booz Allen Hamilton concludes that from now until 2030, the world will spend $41 trillion just to maintain infrastructure at current levels. Kleinfeld...
...want to label it and call it infrastructure in a broad sense, it's what Siemens is really about," Kleinfeld told TIME earlier this year. "Everybody should have the opportunity to lead a reasonably good life. And if we really, truly believe this, I think we have to act on those types of challenges--water, clean water, as well as a clean environment and energy. Those are massive problems...
...Klaus Kleinfeld THE INNOVATOR
...Siemens AG, Kleinfeld, 47, has wasted no time: two months on the job and already two acquisitions valued at more than $2.5 billion, bulking up the company's medical and automation businesses. A 19-year Siemens veteran, including three years running its U.S. operations, Kleinfeld is known for his cross-cultural savvy--a true next-generation European CEO. The rumor mill is spinning that his next deal could be with a cell-phone handsetmaker to fill the one gap in Siemens' communications portfolio. By Coco Masters
...everyone supported the report’s findings. University of Alaska psychologist Judith S. Kleinfeld compiled her own study, in which she described the MIT report as a “political manifesto masquerading as science.” And The Wall Street Journal editorial page called it “junk science...