Chuck Slaughter of Living Goods Accepts the 2016 Skoll Award
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Chuck founded Living Goods in 2007, led the organization as CEO for 10 years, andnow serves as Chairman. Chuck earned a BA in Architecture and a Master’s in Publicand Private Management from Yale. In 1991 he founded TravelSmith, a leadingtravel gear company, and grew it to over $100 million in catalog and online sales. Asa private equity investor, he has participated in the acquisition of over $2 billion inconsumer businesses. As its pro-bono president, Chuck led the turnaround of asystem of franchised clinics serving the poor in Kenya. Chuck is a Senior Advisor tothe TPG Rise Fund. He serves on the boards of Yale’s School of Management,Tidepool, Dharma Platform (a TPG Company), Aspen Management Partners forHealth, and the Horace Goldsmith Foundation. He received a Skoll Award for SocialEntrepreneurship, an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, a Draper
