Thinking Big with Jacqueline Novogratz

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

We all agree there is work to be done, smart solution-oriented moves to be made for the benefit of all. But who will do it? Who will walk away from richer paths and devote their life to growing businesses that operate for the greater good? Jacqueline Novogratz will. This is one of the quickest and most passionate people I’ve met in a long time. She has 20+ years of experience working with entrepreneurs across the world. This conversation is her take on the how and why of making big bold moves. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Kelly Corrigan Wonders, I'm Kelly Corrigan, and today I'm wondering what makes
0:13.3	some people so devoted to the greater good and what kind of creative solutions are out
0:20.5	there working right now.
0:23.6	My thought partner today is Jacqueline Novogratz, who in 1986 quit her job on Wall Street
0:29.4	to start Rwanda's first microfinance institution.
0:33.2	She has written several books including The Blue Sweater, Bridging the Gap between Rich
0:37.6	and Poor, and in 2001 she founded Ackiman, a way to supercharge entrepreneurs around the
0:44.5	globe coming up with awesome solutions.
0:48.1	So join us, we'll be right back with a personal and inspiring conversation with Jacqueline Novogratz.
0:54.4	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
0:59.4	Welcome back to Kelly Corrigan Wonders.
1:10.8	I'm Kelly Corrigan, and my conversation partner today is Jacqueline Novogratz.
1:15.7	She started out as a scrappy young woman working her way through school as a bartender,
1:21.5	and then in 1986 she quit her job on Wall Street to co-found a microfinance institution
1:28.3	in Rwanda.
1:30.0	She is hell-bent to find and fund and celebrate the best ideas around the world that help
1:37.7	communities pull themselves out of poverty.
1:41.1	In 2001 Jacqueline founded a nonprofit for patient investing.
1:45.2	It's called Ackiman, and it is helping to bring clean water, energy, and sanitation
1:49.8	to more than 300 million people.
2:00.6	You're a person who thinks about and delivers on patient investing, and there's a question
2:09.2	that you like to ask as you're interviewing people that I want to ask you, which is what
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