Who is R. Paul Herman?
Paul Herman
Paul's entrepreneurial nature is now focused on "blending"
the business and social worlds - seeking to enable Human Impact and
Profitabililty (HIP) simultaneously (http://HIPinvestor.blogspot.com).
Most recently, Paul was Director of Strategy at eBay founder Pierre Omidyar's
Network (www.omidyar.net) to help shape the future of its for-profit and non-profit
investments and portfolio impact.
Previously, as Chief Development Officer of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
(www.ashoka.org) Paul led the global team to grow revenue from $12 million to
nearly $20 million in two years, and led the North America Fellowship program,
now numbering 60 Fellows (one-third in the San Francisco Bay Area).
Born and raised in Chicago, Paul has become a "citizen of the world"
by living and working in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Paul is a passionate entrepreneur and has led, managed and grown innovative
ideas and organizations from scratch.
Paul co-founded and sold a financial-services company for teens, kids and parents,
reaching 30,000 customers, 55 business partners, and enabling a living platform
for financial literacy and privacy protection.
Paul also has helped Fortune 500 companies world-wide with McKinsey
& Company (www.mckinsey.com) and CSC Index; founded the New York
Chapter of Coalition for Quality Children's Media (www.CQCM.org) which
teaches youth media literacy; serves on the Board of Directors for
an emerging-market farmers marketplace (www.Vipani.org), a working-poor
transformation initiative (www.springboardforward.org); and is an
Advisor to a global network of human impact-focused business people
(www.NetImpact.org).
Paul graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (wharton.upenn.edu),
and now lives in San Francisco, with his wife Gayle, a travel/food writer (www.GayleKeck.com)
and branding/marketing expert.
