Navigating geopolitical challenges, Blue Ocean CEO Nelson Naing’s COVID-19 hotline in Myanmar helped over 5 million people.
member impact story, healthcare, coronavirus, southeast asia
CG Holdings’ Jason English partners with UAE, building field hospitals to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
healthcare, coronavirus, middle east/north africa, member impact story
Nonprofits have been hit hard by COVID-19 but CEOs can weather the storm through non-traditional channels.
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Given Africa’s most vulnerable sectors, the YPO community is combatting COVID-19 with tangible solutions to community, health care and business challenges.
africa, Poverty, Hunger and Undernutrition, member impact story, coronavirus
Galen Welsch’s water social franchise Jibu, equips entrepreneurs to run sustainable businesses that meet basic needs.
business with purpose, africa, global impact awards, coronavirus, member impact story, Poverty, economic development, access to clean water and sanitation, Employment opportunities/growth
Philanthropist James Chen and tech CEO Sam Ifergan are helping to bring vision care to 2.5 billion people across the globe.
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Uruguayan CEOs lead medical movement #NosCuidamosEntreTodos to support the fight against COVID-19.
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Remy Garson, CEO of IBrands Global, converted his manufacturing facilities to produce personal protective equipment to fight COVID-19.
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A YPO member-led consortium of business leaders are helping to lessen the strained South African economy.
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Rodrigo Baggio, President and Founder of Recode, is the 2020 YPO Global Impact Award winner. For 25 years, he’s been fighting the digital divide, supporting low income communities and its youth to reprogram their realities.
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After the cancellation of two global events, YPO members rally to help the most vulnerable in San Diego.
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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.
member impact story, new and small business creation, economic development, Hunger and Undernutrition, africa, EY, business innovation
Less than half of Africans have access to adequate medical facilities. Dr. Amit Thakker aims to change that.
member impact story, healthcare, business with purpose, africa
Promoting regular giving to charities, Jenny and Anton Guadry launched Give52 to set an example for others.
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WEF 2020 welcomed German Chancellor Angel Merkel as well as Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella, who joined the conversation on tech progress and equitable globalization. There was also much discussion around strategies to achieve gender parity by 2030. The YPO Hub in Davos was also abuzz…
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