Felix Finkbeiner, Founder, Plant For The Planet
“A mosquito cannot do anything against a rhino, but a thousand mosquitoes can make the rhino change its direction.” Vision: A world in balance, where climate justice prevails and children no longer have to fight for survival. Action: The 17-year-old passed his target of planting a million trees in his home country Germany, and kept on […]
Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank
“I believe that we can create a world without poverty because it is not the poor that create poverty.” Vision: To serve society’s most pressing needs by unlocking the potential of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs – the poor. Action: With a mission to interact, incubate and create, Yunus created the world’s first bank for the […]
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, CoFounder, IGNIA Partners
“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 […]
Ben Rattray, Founder, Change.org
“I want to see a world in which social movements and organizing is an everyday experience.” Vision: A world where no one is powerless and creating change is part of everyday life. Action: The world’s first online platform for change has provided a petition tool for more than 87 million users since 2007. Rattray’s mission is […]
Carol Hansen, CEO, Tatonka Capital Corporation
“Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Vision: A world where little girls know they can grow up to be a leader if they have a mind to. Action: As the immediate past Chair of the Women’s YPO Network (WYN) Carol gave a powerful organization a voice it never […]
Kathy Giusti, CEO, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
“The most important thing a leader can do is set a vision and don’t stray.” Vision: To change existing cancer research techniques to one of collaboration, not competition. Action: The medical research model has long been built upon a system of competition – funding (grants) and accolades. Diagnosed with multiple myeloma (cancer of the blood), […]
Cynthia Sin Nga Lam, Founder, H2prO
“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 […]
Geena Davis, Founder, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
“We’re showing kids a world that is scantily populated with women. They should see female characters taking up half the planet, which we do.” Vision: Inspire the next generation of content creators to focus on gender equality and reduce stereotyping in children’s media. Action: The Institute has amassed the largest body of research on gender prevalence […]
Nicholas Kristof, Human Rights Journalist, Author
“You don’t need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about positive change.” Vision: To tell the world intimate tales of human courage and sacrifice that will inspire change for the better. Action: Giving a voice to the voiceless is what Kristof does best. The Pulitzer Prize-winner empowers audiences to understand the world […]
George Clooney, Actor, activist
“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 […]
