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Podcast: Disruptive Minds
Episode: 129: An MBA For Middle Schoolers? - John Foster
Description: John received a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from LSU (‘82 & ’84), and was kindly employed for the next thirty-three years by Freeport-McMoRan, Stauffer Chemical, Rhone-Poulenc, Rhodia, and Innophos; working in uranium recovery, sulfuric acid, fine organics, and specialty phosphates.
Starting in process engineering, he moved to plant operations, startups, and plant management; thereafter to business management, M&A, strategic raw materials, and corporate strategy.
Traveling widely on business, he studied various cultures and pondered Adam Smith’s question regarding why some counties are rich and others poor, also becoming immersed in Spanish and Argentine Tango.
His travels inspired his in...