Paul Thomson

I lead the programs team at Wildlife Conservation Network, which takes a venture capital model approach to conservation: we have a small team that finds the best groups protecting lions, elephants, pangolins, etc and help them grow. We help find and vet organizations for philanthropists. I live in San Francisco with my partner and three dogs. So I’m also kind of a dogwalker.

Getting people on board to protect wildlife around the world; helping environmental startups; my dogs.

To prevent the next global pandemic, we need to stop the wildlife trade