About Bertrand
Bertrand Piccard is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist born in Lausanne. He completed the first non-stop balloon circumnavigation in 1999 with Brian Jones aboard Breitling Orbiter 3, covering 45,000 km in 20 days. He then piloted Solar Impulse around the world in a zero-fuel solar-powered aircraft, covering 43,000 km. He founded and chairs the Solar Impulse Foundation, which has identified over 1,000 clean and profitable environmental solutions. The UN Environment Programme designated him Champion of the Earth in 2012.
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Known for
- First non-stop around-the-world balloon flight with Breitling Orbiter 3
- First round-the-world solar-powered aircraft flight with Solar Impulse
- Hang-gliding pioneer
- Psychiatrist and environmental advocate
- Founder and Chairman of Solar Impulse Foundation
- UN Environment Programme Champion of the Earth
- Explorer
- Psychiatrist
- Environmentalist
- First non-stop around-the-world balloon flight
- Solar Impulse solar aircraft project
- Public speaker on leadership and innovation
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