Quotes by Jacqueline Novogratz

About Jacqueline Novogratz:

Jacqueline Novogratz is an American entrepreneur and author. She is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a non-profit global venture capital fund whose goal is to use entrepreneurial approaches to address global poverty. Acumen has invested over $90 million of patient capital in 80 businesses that have impacted more than 125 million people in the past year. Any money returned to Acumen is reinvested in enterprises serving the poor. Currently, Acumen has offices in New York, Mumbai, Karachi, Nairobi, and Accra.
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I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

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For too much of history, we've viewed the world's precious resources - both environmental and human - as things to extract, to make the most of in order to maximize their potential.

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I think I still have a great sense of adventure and trust, and am surprisingly idealistic given all the horrible things I've seen since I was 25. I think how I have changed is that I have a much deeper understanding of the dark forces in the world, o...

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I'm feeling optimistic about rural Pakistan. Farmers are making good money.

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I dream a world in no one feels the need for or fear of predatory behavior, in which each of us walks with the knowledge of how beautiful - and valuable - is each human life.

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I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.

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Malaria is a disease that kills one to three million people a year. 300 to 500 million cases are reported. It's estimated that Africa loses about 13 billion dollars a year to the disease. Five dollars can save a life. We can send people to the moon; ...

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Grief releases love and it also instills a profound sense of connection.

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Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty.

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I was an accidental banker. To please my parents, I went for an interview with Chase Manhattan Bank in 1983. They promised to send me into their offices in more than 40 countries and essentially audit the practices. It was an extraordinary job.

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A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.

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I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year.

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We are each other's destiny.

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Standing with the poor means walking away from unethical leaders, even when their companies are 'succeeding.'

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Our actions - and inaction - touch people we may never know and never meet across the globe.

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People have to understand that unless social enterprise is experimental, it will not succeed in making a difference.

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Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.

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Monsters will always exist. There's one inside each of us. But an angel lives there, too. There is no more important agenda than figuring out how to slay one and nurture the other.

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I've heard it said that the most dangerous animal on the planet is the adolescent male.

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Five days in Nairobi slums changes you.

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Wealth today has been created by a world view dominated by fast-moving networks, open information, bottom-up entrepreneurialism.

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Author Bio

  • NameJacqueline Novogratz
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBanker
  • AwardsFour Freedoms Award - Freedom From Want