Featured in Time for fresh concepts – 04-2011

Nobody believed it

Interview: SunPower, the fourth largest maker of crystalline PV modules, holds the world record for cell and module efficiency. Richard Swanson, founder, President and Chief Technical Officer of SunPower, explains how the company got there and what he is planning next.

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Michael Fuhs

28 Mar 2011

Originally you were a professor at Stanford University. Did you ever entertain the idea of becoming an entrepreneur? Well yes, because when I was teaching at Stanford University, there was a culture of starting companies. Sun Microsystems,, Cisco – a lot of companies came out of this university. And in fact, if you were a …

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