Guðjón Már Guðjónsson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Icelandic businessman
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Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland
About Guðjón Már Guðjónsson
- Guðjón Már Guðjónsson (born 1972 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is an Icelandic entrepreneur and the CEO of OZ. Guðjón has driven the research, development and design of many leading-edge technologies and is the author of several granted patents.
- He has served on the board of directors on a number of high-growth companies and acted as key consultant and advisor for several government-associated projects within the telecommunication and utility sectors. In 2009, Guðjón started the grassroots-initiated Ministry of Ideas (Hugmyndaráðuneytið), which is a forum for discussion and promotion of innovations in industry, education, economics, and society.
- The Ministry of Ideas is housed in the House of Ideas (Hugmyndahús Háskólanna), which is home to several startup companies, a recording studio, and art and design projects.
- Guðjón led the effort to found the House of Ideas, which is sponsored by the Iceland Academy of the Arts (Listaháskóli Íslands) and Reykjavík University(Háskólinn í Reykjavík). In 2009 Guðjón was selected by the Junior Chamber International as the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World honor. In 2010, Gudjon's private innovation company Agora ehf.
- was hired by the Icelandic Parliament to plan and execute a National Forum to gather input for a new constitution draft for the Icelandic government.
- Gudjon became the Master Facilitator and key designer of the National Forum.
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