Risktaker Insights

Risktaker Insights

Risktakers are people and organizations who dare to commit to a world worth living in. They leave familiar paths and established ways of thinking to test new approaches for a sustainable future. On the occasion of the launch of the new Foundation, we asked some risktakers about their motivations and visions.

January 11, 2024

The Insights

We understand Risktakers as people and organizations who dare to commit to a world worth living in. They leave familiar paths and established ways of thinking to test new approaches for a sustainable future. The Allianz Foundation supports risk takers from civil society, from art and culture or environmental movements. On the occasion of the launch of the new Foundation in November 2023, we asked some risktakers about their motivations and visions. Read more about Risktakers.

Watch the short interviews here.

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Rainer Baake, Climate and Energy Expert.

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Khaled Barakeh, Artist and Activist.

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Max Czollek, Author.

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Ruby Eshun, Allianz Foundation Trainee.

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Manaf Halbouni, Artist.

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Katz Laszlo, Podcasterin and part of "The Europeans".

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Prof. Dr. Uwe Schneidewind, Mayor of Wuppertal & Allianz Foundation Board Member.

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