Richard Seshie

Richard Seshie

Vivus Limited at Microsoft

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Richard is an Impact Entrepreneur, Sustainability Activist and Oneness Pilgrim. He envisions a world whereby every citizen lives a dignified and fulfilling life and his work is contributing to make this a reality. He is the African Tech Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 (Orange-France Telecom); an Ashoka Fellow 2013 recognized as one of the world's leading social entrepreneurs and is a 2014 Fellow at Draper University; an unconventional boarding school bringing together many of the brightest young innovators worldwide with leading achievers at Silicon Valley for mentoring and exposure. His previous start-ups received backing or recognition from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S. Department of State, Marion Rockefeller Flow Funding, the United National Development Programme and Richard has been honored with close to a dozen prizes and fellowships.

I'm passionate about

Spirituality, Flourishing, Sustainability, Singing, Gender Balance

An idea worth spreading

Still figuring it out

The TED story

Fell in love by attending a TEDx event in 2009 in India. Have not looked back since.

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