Generosity Series

The Generosity Series is a multi-month celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits and how to inspire more. We’ll be interviewing a long list of impressive changemakers, who have demonstrated their generosity through acts of service, rather than exclusively deep-pocketed philanthropy.

The 10 Most Generous Marketing Geniuses

Written by: Susan McPherson

Instead of just selling us more useless things, these advertisers and marketers are helping to package and make popular the idea of doing good and responsible business.

Using Investing Acumen To Put Dollars Into Impact

Written by: Rachael Chong

Bill Ackman is very wealthy. He’s trying to put that wealth to good use not through charity, but through investing it in high-impact organizations. The trick is finding the ones that both give returns and make a difference.

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Betting On Investing That Has An Impact

Written by: Rachael Chong

Margo Alexander made her career making smart financial decisions. Now she’s taking that knowledge to the world of impact investing. But don’t tell her what she’s doing is "giving back."

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Connecting The Worlds Of For-Profit And Nonprofit For Greater Good

Written by: Rachael Chong

Robert Kaplan has spent his career bridging the gap between the two worlds, and showing that both kinds of companies can learn from each other to maximize how they serve society.

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What Happens When You Mix Spirituality And Finance? More Giving

Written by: Rachael Chong

Brent Kessel is the CEO and co-founder of a wealth management firm, but it’s the combination of that with his other beliefs that’s led him to a life of generosity (and a financial company that’s a little different from what you would guess).

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How The Impact Of Collaboration Led One Man From Wall Street To The Millenium Development Goals

Written by: Rachael Chong

Jeff Walker was a successful investment banker who focused on giving back while in finance, but then left the industry to give even more of his time, hoping that his collaboration with younger social entrepreneurs would send ripples of giving back throughout the world.

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The 5 Most Generous On Wall Street — IMAGE: Hexagons via Shutterstock

The 5 Most Generous On Wall Street

Written by: Alexander Stein IMAGE: Hexagons via Shutterstock

As part of our series on generosity in business, we’re looking at some of the financial wizards who are using their skills and assets to give back to society in the most impressive and inspiring ways.

Rebranding Valentine’s Day Into A Day Of Generosity

Written by: Sasha Dichter

Generosity Day--a day to say yes to all requests--has been celebrated on Valentine’s Day since 2008. The day’s founder explains why he started it and what it means.

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How To Design Products For People Making $2 A Day

How To Design Products For People Making $2 A Day

Written by: Rachael Chong

Proximity Designs is a for-profit design company whose goal is to create products cheap enough--and good enough--that they can be bought by poor farmers, instead of just giving them aid.