Why Daymond John Says Leaving Your Kids Money Makes Them Poor
Forget the mansions and trust funds. Daymond John—the People’s Shark—says he’s not leaving his daughters a dime. In an age where “generational wealth” is often the buzzword of success, Daymond is preaching a harder truth: Legacy is earned, not inherited. In a wide-ranging interview on the Real Leaders Podcast, he breaks down what real wealth […]
Q&A with Beko CEO Hakan Bulgurlu
Beko ranked No. 1 on the 2025 Real Leaders Top Impact Companies list for brightening homes with green solutions and heartfelt care. A global leader in home appliances, Beko offers a portfolio of 22 brands and 55,000 employees worldwide with expected sales of more than $11.9 billion. With subsidiaries in 58 countries and 46 production […]
Q&A with Salas O’Brien CEO Darin Anderson
Salas O’Brien ranked No. 2 on the 2025 Real Leaders Top Impact Companies list in recognition for engineering a better built environment. Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and technical services firm focused on advancing the human experience through the built environment. It operates at the center of important global issues, including sustainability, energy efficiency, […]
Let There Be Light: Spotlight on Solar Sister
Solar Sister fights energy poverty across sub-Saharan Africa by recruiting, training, and supporting women entrepreneurs to create clean energy distribution businesses. It all started when Katherine Lucey, a former American investment banker, encountered Rebecca, a Ugandan farmer. Rebecca was using a solar lamp to illuminate her chicken coop, leading to increased egg production. As her […]
Tip of the Iceberg: Southeastern Grocers and Relocalize Partnership
Southeastern Grocers (SEG) and Relocalize partnered to pilot ice manufacturing in the world’s first autonomous micro-factory, which was recognized by Real Leaders with an Impact Award for Best Collaboration. The partnership helps eliminate middle-mile logistics and reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, water waste, and plastic pollution. Southeastern Grocers is an omnichannel retailer and one of […]
Spring 2025 Gifts for Good
Warmer days and April showers are just around the corner. Get ready for Spring with these refreshing, sustainable products. Repairable at Home: Perfectly Blunt Rain Gear Blunt, a Certified B Corp, is committed to durability and prioritizing repair over replacement by designing products to withstand the test of time and the harshest weather. Each Blunt […]
Building Homes — and Lives: SDS Capital Group
The $190-million Supportive Housing Fund delivers high-quality housing to homeless Californians as well as on-site case management and health services. By Hannah Blume Deborah La Franchi, CEO and founder of SDS Capital Group (a Real Leaders Top Impact Company), is a pioneer in the field of impact investing. For the past 20 years, La Franchi’s […]
Switching It Up with Deako
A smart lighting technology innovator finds a more efficient way to illuminate homes. By Hannah Blum When Derek Richardson manually replaced the light switches in his home, he found the process extremely difficult and even dangerous at times. Between the hassle of stripping wires and navigating circuit breakers, there’s plenty of room for human error, […]
Printing with Purpose
By Real Leaders Printing industry innovations include recycling, composting, and educating consumers on responsible disposal. S-One Holdings Corp. is a global company with subsidiaries and brands that develop and sell printing and graphics products. The 30-year-old business has been incorporating sustainability across its companies and business practices to reduce its environmental footprint, designing and producing […]
Mighty Homes
By Real Leaders These 3D-printed houses are better for the environment, more affordable, and faster to build. The construction industry is the largest contributor of greenhouse gases into the environment and it’s responsible for 37% of global emissions, the United Nations reports in 2024. To help combat this, Mighty Buildings is using cutting-edge 3D printing […]
