Scott Harrison
Founder and CEO of charity: water
Scott Harrison
Founder and CEO of charity: water
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About Scott Harrison
Scott spent almost 10 years as a nightclub promoter in New York City before leaving to volunteer on a hospital ship off the coast of Liberia, West Africa as a volunteer photojournalist. Returning home to New York City two years later, he founded the non-profit organization charity: water in 2006. Turning his full attention to the global water crisis and the world's 785 million people without clean water to drink, he created public installations and innovative online fundraising platforms to ...
"He runs charity:water like a great startup. He understands virality and evangelism better than most folks in the industry. He's disrupted the whole charity model."
Daniel Ek, Founder - Spotify
"Scott is disrupting charity by rethinking the foundation of it. And by applying it to foundational issues which solve many problems, not just one. He realizes that to truly change something, you must change yourself, and in this case, the organization you're building. charity:water is not just innovating how to track its effect around the world, but how charities should be run."
Jack Dorsey, CEO - Square
I've never seen a story quite like Scott Harrison's: A former club promoter, he has become one of the world's leading voices on water and sanitation.
Bill Gates
Congratulations to Scott Harrison on the publication of his book, Thirst, about the world's water crisis - and what we can do to solve it.
Mike Bloomberg
Congratulations Scott, wonderful seeing your journey so far and excited to see where you & charity water go next.
Richard Branson
Scott Harrison's great new book about the water crisis, his own personal journey and how we can all help transform our world.
Arianna Huffington
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