'Business Can Do Well by Doing Good': Debut Author and Experienced Director Shares Business Mentality of Legendary Entrepreneur Kloster

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- In her new nonfiction biography, "True North: A Flickering Soul in No Man's Land; Knut Utstein Kloster, Father of the $20-Billion-a-Year Modern Cruise Industry" (published by iUniverse), author Stephanie Gallagher finally reveals the astounding accomplishments and the revolutionary principles of entrepreneur, humanitarian and environmentalist Knut Utstein Kloster -- no-nonsense lessons that have changed business today.

Now readers can follow the inspiring career of Kloster and learn about the present implications of the modern cruise industry he himself built. Indeed, Kloster has always been an extraordinary man, one far ahead of his time, evidenced by his groundbreaking business strategies and his lifelong commitment to the global concerns of our generation. Creative capitalism, global poverty, world health, energy shortage, climate crisis, sustainable development and peace agendas may now appear in the news and get mentioned in board meetings, but Kloster has been actively involved and supportive of these initiatives since the early 1960s.

For example, in support of the earliest initiatives aimed at improving the environment and promoting the concepts of sustainable development, Kloster launched a Green Clean Global Village(C) Initiative in order to explore just a few ways of reversing the enormous damage caused by marine pollution while also offering safe and sound solutions to the global energy crisis, endeavoring to create a zero-emission, wholly energy efficient, environmentally benign vessel at sea and village ashore.

Endorsed by former President Finnbogadottir of Iceland (1980 to 1996), the first elected female president in the world, Stephan Schmidheiny, founder and honorary chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and Helen Delich Bentley, former chairman of the United States Federal Maritime Commission and former 5-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, "True North" not only educates readers about socially responsible enterprises that value all stakeholders through the life of Kloster, but it also restores our connection with and faith in civilization.

About the Author

As a director and officer of World City Foundation, Inc., Gallagher has collaborated with Knut Utstein Kloster and the late chairman and CEO John S. Rogers at World City America, Inc., in order to write "True North," her first official publication. Gallagher was also involved in the Phoenix project (outlined in chapter four, Come, Let Us Build Us a City) and the American Flagship project (outlined in chapter five, Hands across the Sea). Furthermore, she worked with Kloster and Rogers on the GAIA to Rio project (outlined in chapter six, Listening to Gaia). Gallagher has been married to Charles Gallagher for more than 40 years, and they currently live with their Lhasa Apso, Treasure, in Pelham Manor, N.Y., a short commute to Manhattan, where the World City Foundation's offices are located. She also has three grown stepchildren named Blake, Megan and Peter.

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