Given Africa’s most vulnerable sectors, the YPO community is combatting COVID-19 with tangible solutions to community, health care and business challenges.
Hunger and Undernutrition, member impact story, coronavirus, africa, Poverty
CEO Sean Kelly shifted his company’s focus to supplying healthy snacks for a COVID-19 remote workforce.
customer experience, Hunger and Undernutrition, coronavirus, pacific us, technology innovation
Karn Manhas and Arvind Narula leverage technology and traditional farming to create cleaner, safer food.
canad, global impact awards, coronavirus, agriculture, economic development, preserving the planet, southeast asia, Hunger and Undernutrition, technology innovation
Revolution Foods, which makes and delivers approximately two million meals to 2,500 school and community sites across the U.S. in a normal school week, is now working with cities from coast-to-coast to find new ways to get food to students confined to their homes.
Hunger and Undernutrition, crisis management and pr, business with purpose, coronavirus
After the cancellation of two global events, YPO members rally to help the most vulnerable in San Diego.
ypo edge, member impact story, Poverty, Hunger and Undernutrition, coronavirus, pacific us
Craig Irvine’s persistence to change lives in Africa by producing affordable protein and growing businesses earned him a Master Class category winner in the annual EY World Entrepreneur Awards 2019.
economic development, Hunger and Undernutrition, africa, EY, business innovation, member impact story, new and small business creation
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.
business with purpose, canada, technology innovation, agriculture, Hunger and Undernutrition, member impact story
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.
member impact story, business with purpose, australia/new zealand, healthcare, Hunger and Undernutrition
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, Poverty, Hunger and Undernutrition, member impact story
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.
business with purpose, food, Hunger and Undernutrition, northeastern us, member impact story
The James Beard Foundation surprised the culinary crowd in 2018 by appointing Clare Reichenbach, a former executive at the BBC as its CEO leaving many wondering what a media strategit brings to the table? Turns out, a lot.
northeastern us, Hunger and Undernutrition, member impact story, business with purpose, female members