An Australian entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist, Killelea founded the software firm Integrated Research (IR) in 1988, later listing it on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2000. He retired from the company in 2018 to focus on philanthropy.
The major challenges facing humanity today — from climate change to declining biodiversity and mismanagement of fresh water — are global, says Steve Killelea, founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an independent not-for-profit think-tank.
“Unless we have a world that is basically peaceful, we will never get the levels of trust, cooperation or inclusiveness necessary to solve these problems.”
