In this episode, our host, Edoardo Tancioni, interviews Liesel Pritzker Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal at Blue Haven Initiative. Liesel talks about her journey to #impactinvesting and shares tips on how investors can make wealth work for profit and for purpose.
What role can and should investors play in strengthening democracy? “It’s important that people realize we can do big things together,” says Ian Simmons, Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative. Simmons discusses impact investing, universal voting, foreign money in U.S. politics, the so-called wealth tax and more on Democracy Matters.
Despite her wealth and the trappings of her upbringing, Pritzker Simmons was always more interested in what money could do for other people and the planet. She wanted to use her inheritance to help others in ways that could create further change. Her journey led her to impact investing.
In the vast pool of data, how can investors see the impact their money is making?
When Liesel Pritzker Simmons, co-founder of Blue Haven Initiative, looks at a project, she said, she asks: “What is the problem they’re trying to solve?”
For this issue I spoke with Liesel Pritzker Simmons of Blue Haven Initiative, where she oversees an impact investing portfolio structured to generate financial returns and address social and environmental challenges.
Younger members of wealthy families are exerting pressure on their elders to review their investments.
Unlike fine wine, philanthropic commitment does not have to improve with age. We have talked to four young philanthropists who want to give sooner rather than later: They have all hit major philanthropic milestones before turning 40.
How are investors and entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa addressing the challenges they face? For answers, we talked to Lauren Cochran, a managing director at Blue Haven Initiative, whose primary focus is on that region.
Young urge elders to back ESG-linked projects instead of traditional philanthropy.
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