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Andrew Kassoy
Co-Founder of B Lab, a nonprofit org building a global movement to redefine success in business
New York, New York
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Stanford University
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B Lab is a nonprofit building a global movement to redefine success in business so that all companies compete not just to be best in the world, but best for the world, creating a shared and durable prosperity for all. B Lab drives systemic change by changing behavior and building new market infrastructure, including: 1) building a community of Certified B Corporations, pioneering companies with higher standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency; 2) driving impact investments to mission-driven companies through it B Analytics and GIIRS Ratings platform; 3) helping all companies measure what matters by using its B Impact Assessment to measure, benchmark, improve, and report on their impact; 4) celebrating and rewarding businesses, consumers, workers, and investors through its B the Change campaign; and 5) promoting supportive public policies, including legislation creating a new corporate form and policy incentives for good business. There are over 1,300 B Corporations in 29 countries.
Before leaving the private sector to form B Lab with two college mates, Bart Houlahan and Jay Coen Gilbert, Andrew spent 16 years in the private equity industry; as a Partner at MSD Real Estate Capital, an investment vehicle for Michael Dell; and as Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Private Equity Department and a founding partner of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners.
Andrew is a Board Member of Echoing Green, on the U.S. working group of the G8 Social Impact Investing Task Force, and on the Forbes Impact 30 list of leading social entrepreneurs.
Andrew was raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated with Distinction from Stanford University where he was a Truman Scholar and President’s Award winner. In 2001, he was named a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Andrew grew up in Boulder, Colorado and lives in New York City with his wife, Margot Brandenburg, and two sons, the Emperor Maximilian and the Boy King Jedidiah.
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Experience
B Lab
Co-Founder
Company NameB Lab
Dates EmployedJul 2006 – Present
Employment Duration12 yrs 10 mos
B Lab is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a global movement to redefine success in business so that all companies compete not just to be best in the world, but best for the world, creating a shared and durable prosperity for all.
MSD Real Estate Capital, L.P.
Partner
Company NameMSD Real Estate Capital, L.P.
Dates EmployedJan 2005 – Jul 2007
Employment Duration2 yrs 7 mos
DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, L.P.
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Company NameDLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, L.P.
Dates EmployedJan 1995 – Nov 2003
Employment Duration8 yrs 11 mos
Education
Stanford University
Stanford University
Degree NameBA with Distinction Field Of StudyPolitical Science
Dates attended or expected graduation 1987 – 1991
Activities and Societies: Truman Scholarship, President's Award, Phi Beta Kappa,
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