In the past, many entrepreneurs chose to accumulate wealth in the private sector and become philanthropists later in life. Globally, a new business model has emerged that meshes businesses with governmental and social organisations. Nonprofits and businesses can team up to form a hybrid business model, led by a new generation of social entrepreneurs. These leaders successfully tackle London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics social issues while generating profit for shareholders.

These 10 inspiring social entrepreneurs use business to both generate profit and solve some of the world’s most pressing social problems. Innovation takes many forms, and it’s wonderful when insightful ideas can work to address global social issues. Social entrepreneurs take the road less travelled to build flourishing hybrid businesses

1. Bill Drayton

Bill Drayton is recognised as one of the pioneering social entrepreneurs of our time. Drayton founded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in 1981, which takes a multifaceted approach to finding and supporting social entrepreneurs globally. London School of Social Enterprise and Sustainable Economics Drayton also serves as chair of the board for Get America Working! and Youth Venture.

2. Rachel Brathen

“What if social media could become a social mission?” asks New York Times best-selling author, Rachel Brathen. Through her Instagram account “Yoga Girl”, which reaches 2.1million followers worldwide, she shares her daily dose of yoga poses and tips, where Brathen hopes to connect instructors with people in the online community who need healing. Her online channel oneoeight.tv was an “online studio” that offered health, yoga, and meditation services.

3. Shiza Shahid

As co-founder and global ambassador of the Malala Fund, Shiza Shahid, manages business operations for Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who became the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. Like Malala, Shahid was born in Pakistan. She initially reached out to Malala in 2009 and ... Continue reading on https://www.lsseedu.co.uk/how-the-worlds-most-successful-social-entrepreneurs-tackle-social-problems/

worked to organise a camp for her and other Pakistani girls. In 2012, Shiza flew to Malala’s bedside after she was targeted and shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls. Inspired by Malala’s desire to continue campaigning for gender equality and education, Shahid decided to help Malala strategies her campaign. Shahid created the Malala Fund, to help empower women and girls by advocating and spreading access to education.

4. Blake Mycoskie

After a trip to Argentina in 2006, Mycoskie became the chief shoe giver and founder of TOMS Shoes, investing $300,000 of his own money in the company. TOMS pledged to donate one pair of shoes for every one sold, and now expands the “One-For-One” campaign to support water, sight, birth, and anti-bullying initiatives. Through the TOMS brand, Mycoskie has raised awareness about issues related to global poverty and health. As of 2019, the organisation had provided people in developing countries with 95 million pairs of shoes and more than 722,000 weeks of safe water. Moreover, the TOMS Eyewear program has helped to restore sight in more than 780,000 individuals by giving recipients prescriptive glasses or surgery.

5. Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison left a life of luxury in New York City and headed for the shores of West Africa to volunteer at Mercy Ships, the world’s largest non-governmental hospital ship. The trip was a watershed moment, and in 2006 Harrison founded charity: water, a nonprofit that provides safe and potable drinking water in 28 countries around the world. As of 2020, the organisation had fulfilled 51,438 projects in developing countries. In 2018 alone, charity: water raised $69.3 million.

6. Muhammad Yunus

Nobel prize winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus...

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