Why This Tech CEO Says Being An Introvert Is Good For Business

1,986 views · Published 17 September 2018 · 1:45 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: CNBC Make It · 2018 · News & Politics

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"You listen more. You think before you speak,” says Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of biotech company LanzaTech, on the advantages of being an introvert.

LanzaTech, which launched in New Zealand in 2005 and has raised more than $250 million, identified a bacteria found in the gut of rabbits that helps turn factory carbon emissions (pollution) into ethanol, an alcohol that is blended with gasoline to reduce the amount of fossil fuel used by cars.

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