ABSTRACT
Jacqueline Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Acumen, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests philanthropic capital in sustainable businesses tackling the toughest problems of poverty. Under her leadership, Acumen has invested $115 million in 113 companies providing critical goods and services to the poor across Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the United States. These companies have impacted over 270 million lives to date. In 2017, Forbes listed Jacqueline as one of the World’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds. Prior to Acumen, Jacqueline founded The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership programs at the Rockefeller Foundation. She also co-founded Rwanda’s first microfinance institution, Duterimbere. Jacqueline sits on the boards of the Aspen Institute and https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429452796/cd60396a-77a0-4000-bc39-48ab4fceec15/content/www.IDEO.org">IDEO.org. Her best-selling memoir The Blue Sweater chronicles her quest to understand poverty and bring dignity to the poor.
