Fortune Favors the Bold (eBook)

Theodore Modis was born in Florina, a small town in northwestern Greece. At the age of nineteen he won a full scholarship to study in the USA. He received a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Physics, both from Columbia University, New York. He carried out research in particle-physics experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory and afterwards at CERN in Europe. Later he switched to the industry and worked at Digital Equipment Corporation as the head of a Management Science consultants group. Ten years later he founded his own consulting company, Growth Dynamics, in Geneva. He is author/co-author to over one hundred articles in scientific and business journals and several books translated into a number of languages. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Geneva, the European business schools INSEAD and IMD, and the leadership school DUXX in Monterrey, Mexico. He lives in Lugano, Switzerland. For more info visit www.growth-dynamics.com

“A woman‟s amazing life.” —Nicholas A. Gage, author of the bestseller Eleni


“A remarkable, moving, and informative story. A must read for anyone with an interest in Greece or simply in human nature.” —Athanasios G. Konstandopoulos, Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, Center for Research and Technology Hellas


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“A wonderful book” —Chris Ransford, author of God and the Mathematics of Infinity

"Α well-researched biography of an admirable Greek woman."―The BookLife Prize

"It is wonderful!! It is so beautifully written and such an interesting real story I couldn't put it down ..."―Agatha Kalisperas, Director of the Hellenic Centre, London, U.K.