Ricardo Semler is a Brazilian entrepreneur and author renowned for pioneering radical corporate democracy. As the long-time CEO of Semco Partners, he transformed a traditional manufacturing firm into a thriving multi-million-dollar conglomerate by implementing revolutionary self-management policies, such as employee-set salaries and decentralized decision-making. His authority stems from this unprecedented real-world success, documented in his bestseller Maverick. A former visiting scholar at Harvard and MIT, Semler remains a leading global voice on organizational innovation.
