The Impact Investor: Lessons in Leadership and Strategy for Collaborative Capitalism

CONCRETE LESSONS FOR IMPACT INVESTORSThe Impact Investor is simply a must-read for those interested in the fast-growing field of impact investing and its emergence as a new and distinct approach to asset and wealth management. The book presents a definitive and indispensable guide for the seasoned entrepreneur, policymaker, investment professional, and MBA student alike. --Matt Bannick, managing partner, Omidyar Network; cochair, US National Advisory Board on Impact InvestingThis book comes at a critical juncture in the development of impact investing. A growing set of global investors are excited about impact investing yet remain uncertain about performance and how to achieve it. Fortunately we can now learn practical lessons from those in the trenches. If you are about to invest your first $20 on vested.org or place a client's $10 million in impact products, you need to read this book. --Antony Bugg-Levine, CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund; coauthor, Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a DifferenceThe authors--all longtime leaders in the impact investing space--provide valuable insights for a new class of investors. Their new book uses real-world examples from funds that meet investor expectations of return on capital and that support impact businesses that are using market-based solutions to solve some of our greatest social challenges. --Jean Case, CEO, Case FoundationA 'must-have' for all interested in impact investing! --Annie Chen, Founder and Chair, RS Group, Hong KongThe Impact Investor takes the field of impact investing from theory to proven best practices, demonstrating not only that 'the train has left the station' but also that the destinations along the journey are proving quite attractive for both commercially and socially focused investors. --Ron D. Cordes, executive cochairman, AssetMarkThis is a significant contribution to the development of impact investing. It moves the debate from well-meaning rhetoric to the challenges faced by real managers making real investment decisions to solve real problems. --Nick O'Donohoe, CEO, Big Society Capital, LondonIn these times of global transformation, aligning business and investment with our goals for positive social change is not merely a matter of preference, it is an absolute necessity. The Impact Investor introduces us to the innovators on the front lines already making change happen in markets across the globe. --Darren Walker, president, Ford Foundation