For Karn Manhas, food is deeply personal. The founder of Terramera is an agtech disruptor whose goal is as simple as it is bold: replacing toxic chemicals and pesticides to produce healthful, accessible food for everyone.
canada, technology innovation, member impact story, agriculture, Hunger and Undernutrition, business with purpose
Under Canvas Founder Sarah Dusek is helping people who can’t afford a vacation to get outdoors to improve their health and well-being as part of her Pay What You Can campaign.
female members, pacific us, health and wellness, family relationships, member impact story, business with purpose
Fueled by a passion to help rectify the energy crisis of some 1.1 billion people across the world without access to reliable electricity, Mansoor Hamayun co-founded BBOXX in 2010. It now employs more than 400 people across its markets and has brought reliable, clean #electricity to more than 200,000 homes. Learn more about YPO members making an impact across the globe: https://on.ypo.org/2x47CZ9 Original Video File: https://ypo.app.box.com/file/419225465033
africa, technology innovation, member impact story, business trends
Through the non-profit Afrika Tikkun, YPO member Marc Lubner has helped to guide and train more than 200,000 children to young adults, ages 2 to 29.
member impact story, Poverty, Education, business with purpose
Eradicating water poverty in Africa became YPO member Sunil Lalvani’s life’s calling after a ride on Ghana’s dirt roads brought him to witness a shocking, but all too common, scene.
africa, member impact story, Poverty, access to clean water and sanitation, business with purpose, global impact awards
Feeding America counts on partners like YPO member and SnackNation CEO Sean Kelly to help the more than 46 million people in the U.S. who struggle to put food on the table.
pacific us, health and wellness, company culture, member impact story, food, business with purpose
Physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Prince relies on his values to guide him in his life’s journey. Along the way, he founded and runs a popular global #restaurant chain, Zambrero, three other restaurants in his adopted #Australia and an energy drink company. All the while, Prince has worked to feed the hungry in the developing world, to eradicate a fatal skin disease prevalent in the aboriginal population and to merge medicine and technology to revolutionize the health care industry.
australia/new zealand, member impact story, healthcare, Hunger and Undernutrition, business with purpose
The son of two educators, Evan Marwell, CEO and Co-Founder of the massive infrastructure project EducationSuperHighway, grew up surrounded by great intellect and teachers who showed him what was possible in public education.
member impact story, Education, technology
A leader in the “for purpose” business movement, Audette Exel’s commitment to the most vulnerable communities challenges business leaders to extend their reach and mission beyond turning a profit.
africa, female members, member impact story, business with purpose
Kristin Groos Richmond designs, produces and distributes 2 million healthy meals per week to more than 400 cities and towns across the U.S. via Revolution Foods, a company she co-founded and serves as its CEO.
female members, pacific us, member impact story, Poverty, Hunger and Undernutrition
Shaun MacGillivray, President of MacGillivray Freeman and Managing Director of the company’s One World One Ocean Campaign, is a second-generation filmmaker who created the largest multiplatform media campaign to inspire people to protect the ocean.
pacific us, member impact story, preserving the planet
Gender inequality and racial injustice is something Charlotte (Lotte) Davis, founder of One Girl Can and a 2019 YPO Global Impact honoree, feels deeply about. The Co-Founder of AG Hair, her passion project empowers girls through education to break the cycles of poverty and gender inequality.
africa, female members, member impact story, Education, diversity, business with purpose
YPO Sustainability Award winner Nirvana Chaudhary is hyper-focused on a big-picture plan to create economically sustainable villages in Nepal, putting it on track to become a developing country by 2022.
south asia, member impact story, business with purpose
YPO member José “Pepe” Shabot Cherem founded Construyendo y Creciendo to provide literacy and job skills to workers on construction sites. It has educated 20,000 workers over the past 15 years.
latin america, EY, member impact story, economic development
Jeff Brown is CEO and President of Brown’s Super Stores, which ranks in the top 50 U.S. small grocery chains with sales of USD500 million. Of his 12 stores, six are successful ‘food desert’ stores located in urban neighborhoods previously without access to fresh fruits, vegetables and other whole foods.
northeastern us, member impact story, food, Hunger and Undernutrition, business with purpose