# The thinking behind 50x15

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2007
- Speaker: Hector Ruiz
- Year: 2007
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/hector_ruiz_the_thinking_behind_50x15)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Hector Ruiz, the executive chair of AMD, wants to give Internet access to everyone. In this talk, he shares his extraordinary life story and describes AMD's 50x15 initiative that calls for connecting 50 percent of the world by 2015.

## Lectures

1. [The thinking behind 50x15](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/hector_ruiz_the_thinking_behind_50x15/ea30b0bcf716), 20 min (TED's player)