Andrew Kassoy

Biography

Andrew Kassoy is co-founder and CEO of B Lab. B Lab is the nonprofit organization behind the B Corp Movement. B Lab’s vision is an inclusive, equitable, and regenerative economic system for all. B Lab drives systemic change through interrelated initiatives that change the culture, behavior, and structure of business and the capital markets. The movement is led by the example of over 3,600 Certified B Corporations in 70 countries who meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, legal accountability, and transparency, creating a stakeholder economy that benefits workers, communities, and the environment, not just shareholders. Their example has inspired over 100,000 other companies to measure and manage their impact with the same rigor as their profits, 10,000 companies to adopt benefit corporation statutes in 43 states and 5 countries that make them accountable to balance the interests of their stakeholders with their shareholders, and millions of consumers to support them.
Before leaving the private sector to form B Lab with two college mates, Bart Houlahan and Jay Coen Gilbert, Andrew spent 16 years in the private equity industry - as a Partner at MSD Real Estate Capital, an investment vehicle for Michael Dell; Managing Director in Credit Suisse First Boston’s Private Equity Department; and a founding partner of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners.
With his partners, Andrew received the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship and was featured as a New York Times Visionary. He is a Board Member of Echoing Green, was a member of the U.S. working group of the G8 Social Impact Task Force, and on the Forbes Impact 30 list of leading social entrepreneurs.
Andrew was raised in Boulder, Colorado and graduated with Distinction from Stanford University where he was a Truman Scholar and President’s Award winner. In 2001, he was named a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and 4 children.