PHILIPPE HOUDARD
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, PIPELINE WORKSPACE, MIAMI
Pipeline is a premium flexible workspace with locations in seven cities. Pipeline has a network of coworking sites and thousands of members such as Google, Microsoft, Disney and Netflix, as well as numerous small businesses.
EDUCATION: University of Florida (BS), Harvard (MPP)
IF I WERE GOVERNOR: I would create a massive R&D fund for clean energy technologies, putting Florida on track to be one of the world’s greatest energy producers.
MENTOR: My extended family in France all worked in farming, and none had careers remotely related to what I do today, but they remain the largest influence on my daily life.
READING: David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
INSPIRING FIGURE: Walt Disney, with his visionary creativity, transformed a vast and uninhabited area of orange groves and cattle fields into one of the world’s great destinations. He was beloved by children and families from all over the world.
