Congratulations to our 2023 YPO Global Impact Award Winner!
Greg Murray
Greg Murray, Co-Founder and CEO of KOKO Networks, is the recipient of the 2023 Global Impact Award. KOKO Networks is a Kenyan-based climate-tech company tackling deforestation and carbon emissions caused by using charcoal as cooking fuel in urban homes. Read his impact story here.
Meet the 2022 Global Impact Award Regional Honorees
Shadi Bakour
CEO and Co-Founder of PATH
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Pacific U.S.chapter
YPO Austin, YPO Atlas, YPO Pacific West Integrated
Shadi Bakour is on a journey to bring the plastic crisis to the forefront and as the Co-Founder and CEO…
View full bioEric Braverman
Founding CEO, Schmidt Futures
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Northeastern U.S.chapter
YPO Metro New York
Many brilliant people with promising ideas are never discovered or given a chance to succeed. Through the generosity of Eric…
View full bioKenneth C.M. Lo
Founder of O-Bank
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North Asiachapter
YPO Gold Taiwan
The smile in the middle of the O in O-Bank’s logo says it all. Like any bank, O-Bank wants happy…
View full bioLuis Javier Castro
Founder Alejandría
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Latin Americachapter
YPO Gold Colombia, YPO Costa Rica Gold, YPO Euro-LATAM Integrated
Education. Connection. Empowerment. These are the pillars of Alejandría Corp, Luis Javier Castro’s latest investment company, which he describes as…
View full bioDaniel Epstein
CEO of Unreasonable Group
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Western U.S.chapter
YPO Boulder Integrated
Daniel Epstein believes that businesses can drive lasting, scalable change. And capitalism? For him, it’s a tool that can be…
View full bioRenat Heuberger
Founding Partner and CEO of South Pole
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Europechapter
YPO Zurich
Social entrepreneur Renat Heuberger, a Founding Partner and CEO of South Pole, is a self-described game lover. Right now, he’s…
View full bioJonathan Huy Tran
Chairman, Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB)
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Southeast Asiachapter
YPO Vietnam
A small change, repeated every day, will lead to a big change. This is the ethos that Jonathan Huy Tran,…
View full bioGreg Murray
Co-Founder, KOKO Networks
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Africachapter
YPO Naroibi
For Greg Murray, the priorities are utility, autonomy and adventure. “We all want to look back when we’re old and…
View full bioNicholas Reichenbach
Founder and Executive Chairman, Flow
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Canadachapter
YPO Toronto
In 2013, Nicholas Reichenbach was leaving Burning Man when he saw a mountain of discarded plastic water bottles from the…
View full bioDavid Reiling
Chairman and CEO Sunrise Banks
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Mid-America U.S.chapter
YPO Gold Twin Cities
David Reiling has a simple but powerful life philosophy: “You can do well by doing good.” He lives that philosophy…
View full bioPrashant Sutar
Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, Aryan Pumps and Enviro Solutions
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South Asiachapter
YPO Pune
India faces significant environmental challenges and human safety issues associated with sewer cleaning. Blockages in the sewer lines result in…
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