Javier Yunes

Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Javier Yunes, will always remember the time a teacher in high school lowered his score in an essay where you had to describe "A celebrity you admire" and he had chosen his grandfather.
The teacher wanted to corroborate the data the students wrote , but at that time (early 90s) it was very difficult to ascertain whether a person really had built a particle accelerator in his garage.
Perhaps by having an humanistic administration oriented bachelor degree and having studied industrial engineering, Javier found the balance between hard science and administration, each stimulated by either side of his family.
Perhaps by being an area coordinator of the Latin American Congress of Industrial Engineering Students, he learned the power of good team synergy and became close with a group of people who shared his values, interests and points of view for the reality that surrounds them.
Maybe by working in a multinational company and then switching to a family agribusiness, he found a way to devote time to enormously rewarding non-profit activities.
Perhaps with TED he finally feels the world is moving with strengths of its own to a place of prosperity and endless possibilities, a place his grandfather envisioned and longed. And, through TEDx, perhaps it is his turn to contribute a bit to this idea aswell.
And you know... It may also be your turn.

  • Work
    • TEDxRosario
  • Education
    • Industrial Engineer