For 25 years, Howard ran a successful international plumbing manufacturing business based in Montreal. Through life events, he went to work a volunteer in Africa helping start sustainable businesses for people with a disability. He was able to replicate and scale his social business model to Brazil, China, Mid-East. Through his work he has won several Technology, Health Innovation awards as well as AAA Humanitarian Award, plus a Global Social Entrepreneur of Year Award by WTN.
Projects he has worked on has been written up in Newsweek, National Geographic and 20 other magazines in 6 countries and products from some of the projects he has helped develop have been shown at Smithsonian, Alexander Graham Bell and Bottom of Pyramid Museum in Japan. He has lectured on social business at Harvard, Oxford, Duke, McGill and INSEAD University. At any one time, he is also mentoring several young social entrepreneurs. His greatest mentors have been two young adults with Down’s Syndrome.
Howard Weinstein