205: Henk Rogers

Published: Oct. 22, 2023, 9:27 p.m.

Henk Rogers is on a mission. Several missions, actually, and each one is as bold and audacious as the next.\xa0

When we explore space, Henk wants to take nature with us. It\u2019s just one of the many goals that Henk has set out to accomplish, and there\u2019s plenty of reason to believe he\u2019s going to, based on his previous work within the space industry, his companies and non-profit organizations.\xa0 Listen for big ideas and clear missions presented in this insightful conversation with Henk Rogers.

About Henk:\xa0

Henk Rogers is the President of the Tetris Company and a pioneer in the video game industry.

In the 1980s, Rogers brought role-playing games to Japan and turned a little-known game called Tetris into an international phenomenon after intense negotiations with the Soviet Union and Nintendo. His efforts helped establish the Game Boy as a market leader and made Tetris one of the most popular games of all time. Rogers\u2019 story became folklore in the gaming industry and is the subject of the 2023 Apple TV+ film \u201cTetris.\u201d

Today, Rogers is the founder of 10 companies and non-profit organizations focused on renewable energy, space exploration, and ending the use of fossil fuels on Earth. A near-fatal heart attack in 2005 made Rogers identify his true missions in life and led to him founding the Blue Planet Foundation, a non-profit organization that has been instrumental in implementing renewable energy policies in Hawaii. Realizing this model needed to be exported to the rest of the world, Rogers founded the Blue Planet Alliance, an organization helping island communities disproportionately affected by climate change transition from being reliant on importing fossil fuels to using 100 percent renewable energy.

Rogers is also the founder of Blue Planet Energy, a global leader in renewable energy storage systems, and the International Moonbase Alliance, an organization with the goal to build sustainable settlements on the Moon and Mars and establish Hawaii as a leader in the space industry.

Today, Rogers continues to be an influential figure in both the gaming industry and the sustainable energy sector. He has received numerous awards for his contributions to both fields, including being inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences\u2019 Hall of Fame in 2008 and named CEO of the Year by Hawaii Business Magazine in 2015.

He currently lives between his off-grid ranch in Hawaii and New York City and continues to be an active entrepreneur pursuing his passion for making a positive impact on the world.

Follow Henk Rogers \xa0https://henkrogers.com/\xa0

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