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Andrew Kassoy

Co-Founder & CEO, B Lab

Skoll Awardee

Biography

Andrew Kassoy, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of B Lab: Prior to co-founding B Lab with his two best friends, Jay Coen Gilbert and Bart Houlahan, Andrew spent 16 years in the private equity business; 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, a founding partner of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners. He is a Board Member of Echoing Green and LabShul. He was a member of the U.S. Working Group of the G8 Social Impact Investing Task Force and a board member of the Freelancers Union. He was raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated with Distinction from Stanford University where he was a Truman Scholar and President's Award winner. He is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. Andrew lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, Margot Brandenburg, and four children, Max, Jed, Etta, and Xavier.

Regional Focus

Eastern and Southern Africa, Eastern Asia, Europe, North America, South America