How I Raised $700 Million: Charity: Water Founder

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Scott Harrison is the founder and CEO of Charity: Water, one of the most innovative non-profit organisations in the world. Bringing the Netflix model to the charity sector, Scott has built a positive community around trying to bring drinking water to the 700 million people who don’t have access to it. For this episode, we’ve partnered with Charity: Water to ensure that all of the proceeds we receive from it will go towards providing drinking water to the people who need it the most. The story of how Scott came to lead a global movement in water provision is unlike any other. A former nightclub promoter and owner, he was a user of every type of drug under the sun before he cleaned up his act and started again. Because when he asked himself what was most important, it wasn’t his own pleasure, but helping other people. To help Scott in his mission, we are donating 100% of the advertising revenue from this episode to help people access clean water. If you’d like to donate also, click here: charitywater.org/thediaryofaceo Follow Scott: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/scottharrison Twitter - https://twitter.com/scottharrison Scott’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thirst-Story-Redemption-Compassion-Mission/dp/1524762865/ Charity: Water - https://www.charitywater.org/uk Mentioned books - The Pursuit of God - Tozer, A. W https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pursuit-God-W-Tozer/dp/1940177103 Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm morally bankrupt and this is not how I'd want it to end.
0:06.1	The founder and CEO of Charity Water making a difference all over the world.
0:10.3	A New York Times bestseller.
0:12.0	He's a certifiable badass in his name is Scott Harrison.
0:15.0	The lifestyle of a promoter is one where you get lots of attention.
0:18.5	The fun I had for 10 years in nightlife was a lot of cocaine,
0:22.0	MDMA, 40 to 60 cigarettes a day fun.
0:25.0	I realized, what if I did die?
0:28.0	What would I have to show for life?
0:31.0	So that started a process.
0:33.0	10% of the world is drinking dirty water.
0:37.0	And I realized so many of my friends didn't trust charities.
0:40.0	Where does the money really go?
0:42.0	So I had a very simple idea, promised the public that 100% of anything they would ever give to charity water,
0:47.0	would go directly to help people get clean water.
0:50.0	You know, nobody thought this business model was a good idea.
0:52.0	And I was hitting a point where I realized maybe they're right.
0:56.0	We're about to go out and build a hundred wells and we're about to miss payroll.
1:00.0	There's no miracle that can save us.
1:03.0	So without further ado, I'm Stephen Bartlett, and this is the diary of a CEO, USA Edition.
1:10.0	I hope nobody's listening.
1:11.0	But if you are, then please keep this to yourself.
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