Hans Rosling

Hans Rosling was a medical doctor, professor of international health and renowned public educator. He was an adviser to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, and co-founded M?decins sans Fronti?res in Sweden and the Gapminder Foundation. His TED talks have been viewed more than 35 million times, and he was listed as one of Time Magazine's 1 most influential people in the world. Hans died in 217, having devoted the last years of his life to writing this book. Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling R?nnlund, Hans's son and daughter-in-law, were co-founders of the Gapminder Foundation, and Ola its director from 25 to 27 and from 21 to the present day. After Google acquired the bubble-chart tool called Trendalyzer, invented and designed by Anna and Ola, Ola became head of Google's Public Data Team and Anna the team's senior user experience (UX) designer. They have both received international awards for their work.