Daniel Lubetzky
CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks, and Chairman of PeaceWorks Inc.
KIND Healthy Snacks is the leading maker of fruit and nut bars. KIND is distributed across 60,000 retail points in the US and is the fastest growing healthy snack company in the US. He is also Founder of the PeaceWorks Foundation’s OneVoice Movement, empowering moderate Israeli and Palestinian citizens to seize back the agenda for conflict resolution, and co-Founder of Maiyet, a new luxury fashion brand that partners with artisans in places like Colombia, India, Italy, Kenya, Mongolia, Peru & South Africa. Born and raised in Mexico City, Mr. Lubetzky received his B.A. in Economics and International Relations, magna cum laude, from Trinity University, and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. Fluent in Spanish, English, Hebrew and French, Mr. Lubetzky has lectured at several universities, as well as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the United Nations. In 1997 he was selected by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow (GLT) and ten years later as a Young Global Leader, He is recipient of several awards, including the World Association of NGOs Peace Security and Reconciliation Award, the Catholic Theological Union’s Peace-Makers Award, and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2009, TIME Magazine named him among 25 “Pioneers” of social innovation and BusinessWeek named him among “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs.” In 2010, Entrepreneur Magazine selected him as Entrepreneur of the Year.