Author: Real Leaders – Page 77

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, CoFounder, IGNIA Partners

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“We need a more inclusive world!”

Vision: A world that delivers quality and inclusion to the majority. Action: The biggest exclusion in the world is the lack of access to quality products and services – healthcare, education, basic services and housing. Arregui believes this is a market failure, and he’s invested in innovative business models that eradicate exclusion by serving the majority of the population with quality. He hopes many will follow, thus creating new industries and helping to eradicate exclusion. www.Ignia.com.mx

Deb Nelson, Director, Social Venture Network

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“We’re a network where members originally went to remind themselves that they’re not crazy.”

Vision: To support and empower diverse, innovative leaders who leverage business for a greater good. Action: Helps build valuable peer-to-peer connections among influential business leaders, social entrepreneurs and impact investors. This creates high-impact collaborations that contribute to a just, humane and sustainable world. www.SVN.org

Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Founder, The 99

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

**“Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war. Often the lines between battles and wars are blurred.”**

Vision: A world where those who think outside the box don’t have their thoughts bullied back in to a box. Action: Created The 99 superhero comic series, based on the values that Islam shares with humanity. The idea was fought by zealots in both the East and West as it competes for mindshare. It became the first intellectual property from the Muslim world to go global. www.Al-Mutawa.com

George Clooney, Actor, activist

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

***“If you’re doing a movie about oil consumption and corruption,* *you can’t just talk the talk – you gotta walk the walk.”***

Vision: Celebrities using their public image and power to draw attention to social issues. Action: Used most of the money he earned from the Nespresso commercials to fund a satellite surveillance program over Sudan to monitor war crimes. Clooney actively uses his celebrity status to care about something more than just “celebrity.” www.TakePart.com

Cynthia Sin Nga Lam, Founder, H2prO

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

***“I think people around the world don’t really understand how serious water pollution and the energy* *crisis is.”***

Vision: Affordable clean water and electricity. Action: The 17-year-old developed a device that purifies dirty water and seperately extracts energy from the waste to create clean energy. Lam hopes her device can be scaled up to industrial size to benefit more people and potentially save millions of lives around the world. www.GoogleScienceFair.com

Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“There is an incredible opportunity to make a difference – now.”

Vision: A new vision for the future where “business is unusual.” Action: Business has the power to drive change. The time is right for a radically different approach to business – one that puts people and planet at the core of how business is done. Branson started the B Team and was a founding member of The Elders, bringing together the world’s most influential people to discuss how best to solve the world’s most pressing problems. www.Virgin.com

Helen Clark, Administrator, UN Development Program

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“Never look back is my philosophy.”

Vision: Achieve the UN Millenium Development Goals. Action: The most powerful woman in the United Nations, Clark has an annual budget of US$5 billion and a staff of 8,000 in 182 countries. She is leading the charge towards the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by 2015. The former prime minister of New Zealand aims to cut poverty in half and promote gender equality and environmental sustainability. www.UN.org

Aung San Suu Kyi, Burmese opposition leader

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.”

Vision: A democratic Burma. Action: Spending two decades in detainment can dampen your enthusiasm, but Suu Kyi has emerged as an icon for peaceful resistance in an effort to bring democracy to military-ruled Burma. She must get powerful military leaders on board to revisit the constitution to ensure a democratic future for her country. She is commited to non-violent means to achieve her goals. www.SuuFoundation.org

Spencer West, Motivational speaker

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“Just because the world tells us something is impossible, it doesn’t mean we have to believe it.”

Vision: To show the impossible can be done. Action: Losing both legs at age five has not stopped West from reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and inspiring millions of people to overcome their challenges. He has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Free The Children – creating clean water programs in Kenya. He is the author of Standing Tall: My Journey. www.MeToWe.com

Jennifer Garner, Actress

Posted on March 31, 2015January 14, 2026 by Real Leaders

“Seeing pictures of a sponsored child makes you realize they look just like your kids.”

Vision: Invest in childhood – every day, in times of crisis and for our future. Action: As a member of the board of Save The Children, Garner has deepened her commitment to issues affecting children, especially the fact that a child in poverty will be 18 months behind privileged kids by the age of four. It doesn’t take money to be a good mother, but is does take someone showing you what to do. www.SaveTheChildren.org

“We need a more inclusive world!”

“We’re a network where members originally went to remind themselves that they’re not crazy.”

“Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war. Often the lines between battles and wars are blurred.”

“If you’re doing a movie about oil consumption and corruption, you can’t just talk the talk – you gotta walk the walk.”

“I think people around the world don’t really understand how serious water pollution and the energy crisis is.”

“There is an incredible opportunity to make a difference – now.”

“Never look back is my philosophy.”

“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it.”

“Just because the world tells us something is impossible, it doesn’t mean we have to believe it.”

“Seeing pictures of a sponsored child makes you realize they look just like your kids.”

**“Sometimes you have to lose a battle to win a war. Often the lines between battles and wars are blurred.”**

***“If you’re doing a movie about oil consumption and corruption,* *you can’t just talk the talk – you gotta walk the walk.”***

***“I think people around the world don’t really understand how serious water pollution and the energy* *crisis is.”***