"With artificial intelligence and augmented reality, we are on the verge of a new revolution, which will be much, much bigger than what the internet has given all of us,” predicts Daniel Borel, the owner of 33.5-metre Mousetrap and co-founder of Swiss technology firm Logitech. “It’s exciting. Technology has changed the world; it has given new jobs over and over to the young generation. There’s nothing you can do against it, so you must use it to find the best way of progression and move ahead.”
This mantra of “progression” has dominated Borel’s professional and personal life. It’s the reason why, when he decided he wanted to own ayacht in 2008, he chose not to buy second-hand and instead built the world’s largest cruising catamaran in carbon.
“I’ve been flying all over the world all my life, but you never have time to see much apart from the airport and offices,” he explains, so he decided to take a step back from the day-to-day running of the business. “Suddenly I was able to dream about having a different lifestyle.”
