Devin Thorpe
MBA
CA, USDevin Thorpe works with organizations that want to grow so they can change the world. He delivers purpose-driven leadership.
Devin is a bestselling author and new-media journalist who calls himself a champion of social good. His show is called Superpowers for Good; his nearly 1500 guests include Bill Gates and other luminary changemakers. As a Forbes contributor with over 500 bylines and over two million unique readers, Devin wrote about impact investing and social entrepreneurship, often featuring leaders in the nascent crowdfunding industry.
He is also the founder and CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation that organizes events to help community builders, social entrepreneurs and diverse founders. The events focus on helping ordinary people learn how to invest via crowdfunding in their local communities, entrepreneurs creating change and those who are too often overlooked or underserved.
His books, focusing on helping readers do more good in the world, have been read over 1 million times!
He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He twice hosted a 24-hour livestream via YouTube on #GivingTuesday, featuring more than 90 interviews with nonprofit leaders.
Previously, Devin served as the CFO of the third-largest company on the 2009 Inc. 500 list. He also founded and led a FINRA-registered investment bank. After completing a degree in finance at the University of Utah, he earned an MBA from Cornell University.
Having lived on three continents and visited over 40 countries on six continents and with guests from around the world on his show, Devin brings a global perspective on purpose-driven leadership to international audiences–from the UN to Nepal–empowering them to do more good and make their mark on the world. These lessons also enable them to change their personal lives and drive positive change within their organizations.
His leadership programs include:
- Adding Profit by Adding Purpose
- Building a Movement to Change the World
- Crowdfunding for Social Good
Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth, volunteering whenever and wherever he can, with the loving support of Gail, his wife. Their son, Dayton, is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, he is glad to be middle-seat-sized.
Devin is a bestselling author and new-media journalist who calls himself a champion of social good. His show is called Superpowers for Good; his nearly 1500 guests include Bill Gates and other luminary changemakers. As a Forbes contributor with over 500 bylines and over two million unique readers, Devin wrote about impact investing and social entrepreneurship, often featuring leaders in the nascent crowdfunding industry.
He is also the founder and CEO of The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation that organizes events to help community builders, social entrepreneurs and diverse founders. The events focus on helping ordinary people learn how to invest via crowdfunding in their local communities, entrepreneurs creating change and those who are too often overlooked or underserved.
His books, focusing on helping readers do more good in the world, have been read over 1 million times!
He has helped nonprofits raise millions of dollars via crowdfunding. He twice hosted a 24-hour livestream via YouTube on #GivingTuesday, featuring more than 90 interviews with nonprofit leaders.
Previously, Devin served as the CFO of the third-largest company on the 2009 Inc. 500 list. He also founded and led a FINRA-registered investment bank. After completing a degree in finance at the University of Utah, he earned an MBA from Cornell University.
Having lived on three continents and visited over 40 countries on six continents and with guests from around the world on his show, Devin brings a global perspective on purpose-driven leadership to international audiences–from the UN to Nepal–empowering them to do more good and make their mark on the world. These lessons also enable them to change their personal lives and drive positive change within their organizations.
His leadership programs include:
- Adding Profit by Adding Purpose
- Building a Movement to Change the World
- Crowdfunding for Social Good
Today, Devin channels the idealism of his youth, volunteering whenever and wherever he can, with the loving support of Gail, his wife. Their son, Dayton, is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Frequently finding himself on airplanes, he is glad to be middle-seat-sized.
Deep Optimism: How we will stem poverty, disease and climate change.
Devin brings an inspiring yet practical message about how ordinary people can individually and collectively make changes in their personal lives, their organizations and the world at large.
The fundamental message: we can choose the world we want to live in.
Rotary's thirty-year battle to eradicate polio is a model for global change within time spans relevant to individuals. Most of us will be alive in 30 years.
Devin challenges audiences to imagine the changes they'd...
Crowdfunding for Social Good
Devin has trained hundreds of nonprofit organizations to raise money online through crowdfunding.
As Devin tells his audiences, "Crowdfunding isn't a complete development plan but no development plan is complete without crowdfunding."
Habititat for Humanity has raised millions of dollars through crowdfunding. Devin will explain the simple secret that will allow organizations to reach their funding goals as well.
Social Entrepreneurship: Impact for Profit
Devin is a social entrepreneur who has interviewed hundreds of his peers on the Superpowers for Good streaming television show and brings the most inspiring stories to the stage for your audience.
By illuminating practical and actionable advice with stories from people who are actually changing the world for good, Devin leaves audiences with a workable plan to do good.
The concepts of social entrepreneurship can be applied to almost any organization. By harnessing employees'...
How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding
Devin makes the burgeoning impact investing movement accessible to any audience, helping them see not only the impact but also the opportunity for them to use their money for good.
Author of How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, Devin leads audiences through a practical plan to invest profitably in support of social entrepreneurs, diverse founders and community builders.
Impact investing, deploying your money in such a way as to get both a financial return and...
Adding Profit by Adding Purpose
Devin shares the research showing that adding purpose to your organization can increase its profit.
Author of Adding Profit by Adding Purpose, a guide to corporate social responsibility, Devin shares profit-building leadership insights to help your company thrive.
Consider the unlimited good you could do in the world if doing it made your business more profitable, your employees happier, and your customers more loyal.
Devin explores...
